Sudden Shower Overdue
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- wbp
Description
Rain arrives without warning in this oban woodblock print, the sudden downpour transforming the scene with its urgency and force. Ishikawa Toraji captures the moment when a shower, long anticipated or overdue, finally breaks, sending figures scrambling for cover or standing transfixed by the deluge. The woodblock medium proves ideal for rendering rain, with carved lines suggesting sheets of water slicing through the air. Toraji returned to the theme of sudden showers repeatedly throughout his career, each time finding new compositional possibilities in the way rainfall restructures a landscape and the behavior of the people within it.
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Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
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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
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sudden Shower Overdue was created by Ishikawa Toraji (石川寅治).
Sudden Shower Overdue was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Sudden Shower Overdue depicts rain.