A Temple in Rain Christmas Card

A Temple in Rain Christmas Card, listed with an unusual "description" date entry in the dataset, depicts a Buddhist or Shinto temple under rainfall — a subject clearly drawn from Hasui's extensive rain-and-temple repertoire but repurposed or formatted as a seasonal greeting card. The Christmas card format is an unusual application of the woodblock print medium, and Hasui occasionally produced such prints for the Western foreign market that provided significant patronage for Watanabe's shin-hanga publications. The rain-temple subject would have combined his characteristic atmospheric technique with the quiet seasonal mood appropriate for a winter greeting.