Sudden Shower Overdue
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- wbp
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Ishikawa's prints are relatively uncommon in the market. When available, good examples find ready buyers.
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.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
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1930
Color woodblock print; oban
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1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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.
