Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内),

ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

<p><strong><em>Shōno 庄野</em></strong> </p> <p>(Post Station # 45: Scene #46/ Scroll 7, scene 5)</p> <p><em>(present day: Suzuka in Mie prefecture)</em></p> <p>Andō Hiroshige</p> <p>Shōno was one of the smallest stations on the Tōkaidō Road. It was more like an agricultural village in which some resident farmers would offer limited accommodations to travelers. Here we see that Kashū has focused his composition on the road itself, and the drama created by the towering pines on either side. There is farmland planted with rows of crops in the foreground to the right, but Shōno itself is hidden in the background. We see only rooftops beneath the mountains looming in the distance. </p>