Sudden Shower at Shōno

After the woodblock print: Utagawa Hiroshige, Sudden Shower at Shōno, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, 1834–35

Porters carry a palanquin up the slope as two travellers run down it in slanting rain. 18 threads, shades of grey and ochre.

Size: 160 × 100 stitches; on 14-count: 29.0 × 18.1 cm, on 18-count: 22.6 × 14.1 cm
Threads: 18 DMC colours, full crosses only
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 36521 — the work on the museum site
Licence: Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

PDF to print · 343 KB OXS for software · 617 KB

OXS is an open chart format that many cross stitch programs open. The Crossette app opens it too — it’s in development; the beta comes after Apple’s review. Colours on screen and in print are approximate; go by the thread codes.