S - Sudden Showers

 Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge, by Hiroshige Atake.  My print is either a late Edo-period (1857-1868) or early Meiji impression (late1860s-1870s), both considered "original period" impressions printed from the original blocks, using the same pigments and techniques as the first edition (1857).  There would be a seal to date it more accurately, but it's currently matted and framed.   How it came to be in my family is a sad story.  My father bought this, and a few other Japanese prints, from Japanese neighbors who was selling their belongings prior to going into WWII internment camps in California.  He paid 50¢ each.  


My S poetry form is here

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  1. I feel like I've seen this one somewhere. The artist really captured that hunched posture people do when they have to move through rain. @samanthabwriter from
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