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Woodblock print of rain over a misty pine hill, with umbrella-carrying figures walking past a grove of trees and a tiled-roof building.

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 woodblock print shows diagonal rain falling over a misty, pine-covered hill. In the foreground, figures with umbrellas walk beside a green grove of trees, a wooden fence, and a tiled-roof building at lower right.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Date
1859
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2411 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 Chester W. Wright

Español: Lluvia nocturna en el bosque de paulonias de Akasaka

Una estampa xilográfica muestra lluvia diagonal cayendo sobre una colina envuelta en neblina y cubierta de pinos. En primer plano, figuras con paraguas caminan junto a una arboleda verde, una cerca de madera y un edificio con techo de tejas en la esquina inferior derecha.

Português: Chuva noturna no bosque de paulônias em Akasaka

Uma gravura em xilogravura mostra chuva diagonal caindo sobre uma colina coberta de pinheiros e envolta em névoa. No primeiro plano, figuras com guarda-chuvas caminham ao lado de um bosque verde, uma cerca de madeira e um edifício de telhado de telhas no canto inferior direito.

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