Travelers in a Storm

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Travelers in a Storm

Shibata ZeshinLinkedCulture matchlcp-7a30bd5c678c

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
62335

A strong gust buffets three travelers, forcing them to bend this way and that. Gray diagonal lines suggest rain is also falling on these unfortunate travelers. They are hurrying to a farmhouse whose thatched roof can be seen in the hill ahead of them. Zeshin carefully observed the postures and movement of human bodies and created this comical but realistic composition. Japan, Asia

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Gift of Ellen and Fred Wells

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