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Shōno: Driving Rain by Utagawa Hiroshige — restored print
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Japanese Wall Art

Shōno: Driving Rain

Shōno, from Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road — Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833–1836

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, H. Irving Olds collection · 1833–1836

$439

For 36×24 in, float frame canvas, black

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Art
Shōno: Driving Rain
Size
36×24 in ·
Finish
Float frame canvas, Black ·
Price
$439
  • Made to order just for you: printed, finished and packed within 3–5 business days. Your order reaches the printer within minutes and printing can start soon after; once it starts, the order can't be canceled or changed.
  • Free replacement if it arrives damaged, defective or not what you ordered — tell us within 7 days of delivery, with photos. Because each piece is made for you, there are no returns for a change of mind. Full policy
  • No hanging hardware is included. Stretched and framed canvases hang flat on two nails or screws, set level: the wooden bar on the back rests on them, and the free wall template marks the spot. Rolled canvas goes to a framer first.
  • Printed from an archive scan of the original print (1833–1836). Its paper tone, small spots and marks of age are part of the picture, just as on the original sheet, and colors can look slightly different on your screen.

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36×24 in · Float frame canvas, Black$439

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How it gets to you · item no. 20 · SKU JPN-LAS0020-FFL-24X36

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  2. Shipped with tracking3–8 business days after printing
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Materials & finish

Printed on 400 gsm canvas with pigment inks. Stretched canvas and float frame canvas sit on a 1.5 in (38 mm) wooden stretcher; the classic frame holds the canvas on a slimmer 0.75 in (19 mm) stretcher. Rolled canvas ships in a sturdy tube.

The float frame stands 2.1 in (53 mm) off the wall, with a 0.5 in (12 mm) face and a 0.2 in (5 mm) gap around the canvas. The classic frame stands 0.9 in (22 mm) off the wall with a 0.8 in (20 mm) face.

Hanging hardware is not included. Two picture hooks (or screws) rated for the weight, set level, are all it needs; the free true-size wall template marks the spot.

Corner of a Black float frame canvas: the canvas sits inside the frame with a narrow gap Back of a float frame canvas: wooden stretcher inside the frame, no hanging hardware fitted Cross-section of the float frame: 53 mm deep, 12 mm face, 5 mm gap, 38 mm canvas
The float frame up close: front corner, the back as it arrives, and its cross-section. Photos: Prodigi, who print and frame our pieces.

Every finish is printed from the same file at the same resolution; only the mounting changes.

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Rights & provenance record

Source scan: LOC (Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints)
Rights statement of the archive: “Public domain design by Utagawa Hiroshige (died 1858). The impression scanned is a modern reprint published by Adachi in the Shōwa era (1926 or later); the Library of Congress acquired it in 1938. The Library of Congress lists no known restrictions on publication.”
Original print: Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833–1836, 1 print : woodcut, color. Verified 2026-10-11.

This product is a new print made to order from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.

The story of this print

Shōno comes from Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, the series that made Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) famous for showing travelers on the highway between Edo and Kyoto. Here the road climbs a green slope above the village of Shōno just as a storm breaks. Everyone is in motion: two porters hurry a covered palanquin uphill, a man in a straw rain cape leans forward ahead of them, and a figure lower down fights with a wide umbrella. The roofs of the village show faintly through the rain at the right.

The weather does most of the work. Fine gray lines of rain cut across the whole picture at a steep angle, and the bamboo is bent almost flat, its leaves drawn as small dark triangles. The figures are simple and lively, with pink skin, straw capes, and patterned indigo loincloths. Behind them the sky moves from pale gray to near black, with ragged bands of cloud.

The impression scanned is a modern reprint published by Adachi in the Shōwa era (1926 or later), which the Library of Congress acquired in 1938. Its colors are clean and even, and the wide format suits a large canvas above a sofa or a sideboard. As Japanese wall art for a living room, office or dining room, it brings movement to a quiet wall, and it pairs well with other Hiroshige road scenes, slate grays and greens, and dark wood.

What we did to this scan

  1. Cropped by hand to the edge of the printed sheet.
  2. Balanced the levels and took out the scanner’s color cast, keeping 65% of the paper’s age tone.
  3. Cleaned dust and specks picked up by the scanner.
  4. A light sharpen, so fine lines and lettering hold at large sizes.

About this particular sheet. This impression is a modern reprint published by Adachi in the Shōwa era (1926 or later); the Library of Congress acquired it in 1938. The image is cropped to the printed picture, with the paper margins removed.

Every print is credited to its archive here and in your order confirmation. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn. How we restore.

Questions

What does the print show?
Travelers caught in a sudden storm above the village at Shōno, a stop on the Tōkaidō Road. Two porters run uphill carrying a palanquin, a man in a straw cape bends under the weather, and another figure clutches a large umbrella while bamboo thrashes in the wind and gray rain slants across the whole sky.
Is this an original woodblock print?
No. It is a new print made from the Library of Congress's scan of a modern reprint of Hiroshige's design, published by Adachi in the Shōwa era (1926 or later). We never sell originals or antiques.
Where does the image come from?
The image comes from the Library of Congress scan. Hiroshige's design is in the public domain, and the impression scanned is a later Adachi reprint that the Library acquired in 1938; the Library lists no known restrictions on publishing it. The Library's record is linked on this page.
How is it made?
It is printed to order for you, in the finish you choose: a float frame canvas, a classic frame canvas, a stretched canvas, a rolled canvas or an acrylic panel. Both frames come in Black or Antique Gold. The size and finish picker shows which sizes each finish is made in.
Colors vary a little between screens and canvas. The previews are drawn, not photographed, and are a close match to the printed piece.

Every size, one wall

All 6 sizes of this print, side by side

To scale, framed, with a 5 ft 6 in figure for reference — so you can see the steps between sizes at a glance before you pick one above.

Left to right: 60×40 in · 48×32 in · 36×24 in · 30×20 in · 24×16 in · 18×12 in

Every size to scale on one wall, framed in Black, beside a 5 ft 6 in figure. Room photograph generated for scale; the figure is 5 ft 6 in.

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Size guide
5′6″ 16×12 in24×18 in36×24 in
SizeMetricBest for
18×12 in46×30 cmDesk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
24×16 in61×41 cmAbove a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
30×20 in76×51 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
36×24 in91×61 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
48×32 in122×81 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
60×40 in152×102 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office

Sizes are the canvas size. A framed piece is a little larger than its canvas: add the frame.