Shinsui's extensive oeuvre spans bijin-ga, landscapes, and genre subjects. Auction averages over 12 months reflect healthy collector demand across all subject types.
Ameshiro—possibly a regional term for a particular kind of rain or a specific place associated with weather—is the subject of this undated print, whose spare title points toward the meteorological interests that run through Shinsui's landscape work alongside his [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga). Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he produced numerous prints whose titles are simply weather conditions—rain, snow, cloud, mist—exploring the emotional registers of different atmospheric states. The work belongs to this sustained engagement with weather as landscape subject.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ameshiro was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
Ameshiro was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Ameshiro depicts landscapes, bijin-ga, and rain.
