Rising Clouds

A stone-paved lane climbs uphill between low tiled-roof houses and shops, framed at upper left by the curved eave of a temple or gate roof in reddish-brown. White clouds billow above dark green trees against a blue sky, while a red vertical shop sign with dark characters marks one storefront along the street. The composition uses muted earth tones — grey stone paving, cream and white walls, brown timber — with a single small dark figure walking on the lane; woodblock print, "Rising Clouds," Katsuyuki Nishijima.