UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

The rows of bamboo in the distance bend low in the heavy wind and dark rain. Travelers are surprised by a sudden downpour of rain and protect themselves with straw hats and raincoats, near the town of Shono in Ise province. The umbrella held by a man in the right bears the publisher’s name Takenouchi and Gojusan tsugi (fifty-three stations), as part of the series title of this print.