Rain has rarely fallen with such intelligence as it does in Utagawa Hiroshige’s Ohashi Bridge, Sudden Shower at Atake. Slender black lines descend diagonally, driving pedestrians beneath straw capes, hats and umbrellas possessing slightly more optimism than practical authority. The bridge stretches across a river surrendering its horizon. Above Edo, the sky does not merely open; it edits the city, reducing architecture and human certainty to exquisite gestures beneath weather.