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Night Rain at Karasaki, from Eight Views of Ōmi

近江八景「唐崎夜雨」

  • Rain
  • Night
Karasaki pines in night rain, lake outline bleeding into darkness — Night Rain at Karasaki, from Eight Views of Ōmi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Utagawa Hiroshige. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

Karasaki’s famous pines meet night rain. Rain and night tags overlap to shrink the world to trunk, drip, and implied shoreline.

Rain plus night tags — compare with Ōhashi shower where rain stays readable.

Follow pine silhouette against gray-dark sky; moisture replaces detail.

Contrast intimate night here with clear windy openness at Awazu.

Extended Japanese viewing notes: 近江八景「唐崎夜雨」.

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