Spring Rain
- Date:
- 1935
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 40.6 × 27.9 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
Rain scenes are among the most atmospherically subtle in Yoshida's output, requiring exceptional printing to capture the misty, diffused light. These subjects carry a 20–30% premium over comparable daytime scenes. Superior impressions with well-preserved bokashi gradations in the sky command the highest prices; heavily faded examples lose significant value.
Spring Rain from 1935 captures the gentle, persistent rain of the Japanese spring — not the dramatic storms of typhoon season but the soft precipitation that coaxes cherry blossoms open and fills rivers with snowmelt from the mountains. Yoshida was one of the few printmakers to pursue rain as a primary subject rather than merely an atmospheric condition, and his 1935 treatment demonstrates the layered printing technique required to render rain convincingly — multiple passes of the block building the veil of fine lines that represents falling water in Japanese visual tradition.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring Rain was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1935.
Spring Rain was published by Yoshida Studio (1935).
Spring Rain depicts spring and rain.
Spring Rain measures 40.6 × 27.9 cm (Oban format).
