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Category: Print

George Cruikshank’s A Tailor in a High Wind

  • Author By Ava Zielinski '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Europe, Mead Art Museum, Print, Weather and Culture, Weather and People, Wind
A stylized depiction of a man holding an infant, facing into a strong wind, with their garments—including his wig—soaring into the air. The expressions on their faces show shock and horror.

Hiroshige’s Sudden Shower at Ohashi

  • Author By Julia Zacher '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Rain, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment
Woodblock print of a stormy, rainy scene. Travelers walk over a bridge and try to avoid the rain falling.

Hiroshige’s View of Yedo

  • Author By Olivia Stewart '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Snow, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment
Woodblock print of a snowy canal scene in Edo, with figures in traditional clothing standing on a dock as a small boat approaches through falling snow.

Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Outbreak of Fire

  • Author By Braden Poon '27
  • Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Weather and Destruction, Weather and the Built Environment, Wind
Orange flames dominate the composition, driven rightward by wind. People flee on the right side of the canal. One of the unburned homes on the right has people on their roof observing.

Hiroshige’s Print of Kambara in the Snow

  • Author By Peter Kliziwecz '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Snow, Weather and People, Weather and the Built Environment
A snowy nighttime scene. The foreground features one figure resting while two figures trudge through the snow.

Kokan Bannai’s Nihonbashi Bridge in Snow

  • Author By Sydney Kang '25
  • Categories: 20th Century, Asia, Mead Art Museum, Print, Snow, Weather and the Built Environment
A landscape of a snowy wooden bridge. Vehicles cross it in view of boats and city buildings.

Walter Williams’s Girl with Butterflies

  • Author By Sarah Hasegawa-Howard '25
  • Categories: 20th Century, Europe, Mead Art Museum, North America, Print, Weather and Nature, Weather and People, Wind
A woodcut print of a young black girl surrounded by butterflies and flowers in a meadow. It is a warm and breezy spring day.

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