Nagaura Kaido no Ame
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Nagaura Kaido no Ame" (Rain on the Nagaura Highway) presents a rain-soaked road scene — the particular atmospheric quality of a Japanese country road in wet weather, with the rain dissolving distances into grey-blue washes and turning the road surface to a reflective mirror. Rain landscapes in the Japanese print tradition carried deep aesthetic associations, connected to the Chinese-derived concept of the misty mountain landscape but applied here to the more immediate and humble subject of a local road in a shower. Okuyama's rain handling would have required careful technical control of gradation and wet-on-wet ink application.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nagaura Kaido no Ame was created by Gihachiro Okuyama (奥山儀八郎).
Nagaura Kaido no Ame depicts landscapes, rain, and travel scenes.