AMEAGARI (after the rain)
Typical Price
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
"Ameagari" — after the rain — captures the distinctive quality of a traditional Japanese street in the minutes following rainfall: the wet surfaces reflecting sky and building, the saturated colors of timber and tile, the particular clarity of air washed clean. Nishijima renders post-rain scenes with a mastery of reflection and wet-surface texture that demonstrates his sensitivity to weather as a compositional element. The brief window after rain, before surfaces dry and the ordinary palette reasserts itself, produces exactly the conditions that his precise, luminous printmaking style is best suited to record.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
AMEAGARI (after the rain) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
AMEAGARI (after the rain) depicts rain.
