Rain of the Fifth Month (Samidare), Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

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Rain of the Fifth Month (Samidare), Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 14 3/8 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865), Kunisada's vision of an early summer scene, luxuriant in the soft rain of the fifth month, reflects a new sensibility for landscape among late Edo artists. The unhurried pleasures of a warm summer day seem heightened by the soft rain, which hardly affects the activities of the travelers, fisherman, and groom

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Size: 5496px × 3886px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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