Tsuchiyama
1855
Hiroshige captures a sudden downpour in the mountains of Tsuchiyama with masterful diagonal lines of rain slashing across the sky. Travelers huddle under straw raincoats and hats, struggling against the wind, while porters carry large red boxes through the mud beneath a twisted, windswept pine tree. This print is part of his famous 'Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido' series, which essentially served as a visual travel guide for Edo-period Japan. The way the rain creates a sense of atmosphere and movement was revolutionary for ukiyo-e prints, influencing Impressionist painters like Van Gogh centuries later.
- Technique
- Woodblock print
- Material
- Paper and pigment
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