Night Rain at a Shrine c. early 1760s

Kitao Shigemasa’s woodblock print, *Night Rain at a Shrine*, depicts a lone figure walking through a rain-soaked landscape. The setting is illuminated by the soft glow of a lantern, hung from a bright red Torii gate. The figure is dressed in traditional Japanese attire, carrying an umbrella and a lantern as they walk under the rain. This evocative scene captures the beauty and tranquility of the natural world, a characteristic often explored in the artist’s work, which spanned the late Edo period and early Meiji period.