Shono, White Rain (Shono, haku-u)

No. 46, from the series "53 Stations of the Tokaido" (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)

Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi, Hoeido

Censor's seal: kiwame

Oban, woodblock colour print

1833 or 1834

Tikotin Collection

P-U 1005

22.6 x 35.1 cm

The series comprises 55 prints. The Tokaido was the road from Edo, seat of the military government, to Kyoto, seat of the Emperor.