Fantasy after Rain
- Date:
- 1981–86
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 34.6 × 46.4 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$500–$8,000. Common later works: $500–$2,000. Key value factors: Hagiwara's abstract works are collected by both Japanese print and modern art collectors.
Fantasy after Rain (1981–86) captures the peculiar quality of perception that follows heavy rainfall — the air washed clean and unusually transparent, colors intensified, the landscape temporarily made strange by its own freshness. Hagiwara's "fantasy" title signals that this is as much an imagined landscape as an observed one, the post-rain atmospheric conditions producing a world that seems slightly unreal in its clarity. The raindrop surfaces and the saturated greens and blues of the washed landscape provided his carved block with textural subjects of unusual richness.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fantasy after Rain was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1981–86.
Fantasy after Rain depicts rain.
Fantasy after Rain measures 34.6 × 46.4 cm.
