SUMMER RAIN AT SUHARA BY HIROSHIGE
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There are many reasons to admire and enjoy Hiroshige's works.
Firstly in this work the skilful use of ink gradients in the coloring. Tones of blue and gray mingling or spreading in parallel bands to create and depth.
Secondly his ability to suggest a vast background even with very little detail. The thin dark ban across the top suggests the rainstorm is going to be a heavy prolonged one. The dark tones of the trees reinforce this.
Thirdly we have the human details the travellers running for shelter on a tiny entry way and the rider and his horse plodding along bent over like the the person walking behind them hindered by the very weight of the rain.
Hiroshige has taken a ordinary summer moment and transformed it to its essentials to a few lines and colors and made yet another masterpiece.
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