Flower Seller in the Rain

A lone figure in a blue happi coat and conical straw hat carries a shoulder pole balancing two baskets of flowers past a low wooden building, seen from behind as diagonal rain streaks fill the grey sky. Dark foliage from an overhanging tree looms above the building's roofline, and the ground is rendered in muted grey-brown tones with faint reflections suggesting wet pavement. *Flower Seller in the Rain*, a woodblock print by Takahashi Shotei (date unknown), carries the artist's seal in red at the lower right.