After Rain
by Ito Shinsui
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 27 × 39.9 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
The clean, washed quality of light following summer rain is captured in this 1938 print—the sky cleared, the colors more vivid, the air freshened. Shinsui's treatment of "after rain" subjects explores what the Japanese call the distinctive atmospheric condition that follows precipitation, when the world seems temporarily renewed. The bokashi gradations move through the washed blues and greens of a post-rain sky, with the land below reflecting the sky's brightened clarity.
More Prints by Ito Shinsui
More Rain Prints
Rain Shower at Shо̄no, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tо̄kaidо̄ (Tо̄kaidо̄ gojusan tsugi)
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno hakuu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
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
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
After Rain was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水) in 1938.
After Rain uses Bokashi, on woodblock print, ink and color on paper.
After Rain was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1938).
After Rain depicts rain.
After Rain measures 27 × 39.9 cm (Oban format).