Umbrellas and Ukiyoe

Here's a Ukiyo-e print featuring umbrellas We're expecting a summer storm this afternoon!

Note how most of the reds are in the foreground and the blues and ochre yellows lead the eye further into the image. There is no one central figure. Its a streetscape faraway from a Kano school sansui landscape reminding you how innovative Japanese art can be and how important prints were for preserving social and costume history before photography was introduced.