Rain
- Date:
- October 1954
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 27.9 × 41.9 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Dated October 1954, Rain is a woodblock print in ink and color on paper that takes precipitation as both its subject and its sensory touchstone. Chizuko Yoshida approaches rain not as a weather event to be depicted but as a perceptual condition that transforms how the world looks and feels. Rain blurs edges, darkens surfaces, creates vertical streaks across the visual field, and turns solid ground into a reflective mirror. The woodblock medium can approximate all of these effects through selective inking, graduated pressure, and the way wet pigment interacts with absorbent washi paper. Chizuko's treatment of rain connects her to a centuries-long Japanese tradition of rain imagery in prints, from Hiroshige's famous downpours to Hasui's quiet drizzles, while her abstract approach reframes the subject as pure sensation.
More Prints by Chizuko Yoshida
More Rain Prints
Rain Shower at Shо̄no, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tо̄kaidо̄ (Tо̄kaidо̄ gojusan tsugi)
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno hakuu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Rain was created by Chizuko Yoshida (吉田千鶴子) in October 1954.
Rain depicts rain.
Rain measures 27.9 × 41.9 cm.