Rain in the Mountains
by Ansei Uchima
- Date:
- 1963
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
by Ansei Uchima
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Uchima's luminous landscape prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese prints and modern American art.
Rain in the Mountains (1963) is a color woodblock print that captures precipitation falling on elevated terrain — a subject where weather and geography merge into a single visual experience. Mountain rain differs from lowland rain: it arrives suddenly, wraps peaks in cloud, creates temporary waterfalls down rock faces, and can reduce visibility to a few meters. Uchima's abstract treatment translates these physical conditions into vertical marks, veiled color, and the sense of atmosphere thickening between viewer and landscape. The woodblock medium's layered printing process naturally produces the transparency effects needed to render rain — each color pass adding another veil of moisture to the composition.
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Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rain in the Mountains was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆) in 1963.
Rain in the Mountains depicts landscapes and rain.
