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Japanese woodblock print of heavy rain falling over dark hills and green trees, with small figures on a path at lower left.

Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

A color woodblock print shows heavy diagonal rain falling over dark, layered hills and a grove of green trees. Small figures and a cart walk along a path at lower left, beside a fence and a blue-roofed building.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Date
1859
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2502 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1859).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson

Español: Lluvia nocturna en el bosque de paulownias de Akasaka

Una estampa en color muestra una lluvia intensa y diagonal sobre colinas oscuras y una arboleda de árboles verdes. Pequeñas figuras y un carro avanzan por un sendero en la parte inferior izquierda, junto a una cerca y un edificio de techo azul.

Português: Chuva noturna no bosque de paulownias em Akasaka

Uma gravura colorida em xilogravura mostra chuva forte e diagonal caindo sobre colinas escuras e um bosque de árvores verdes. Pequenas figuras e uma carroça seguem por um caminho no canto inferior esquerdo, ao lado de uma cerca e de um edifício de telhado azul.

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