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Evening Rain in Kawarago (Kawarago no yau) by Kawase Hasui — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, 1947

Evening Rain in Kawarago (Kawarago no yau)

by Kawase Hasui

Shin-hanga
Night ScenesRain
Bokashi
Date:
1947
Medium:
Color woodblock print; oban
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

Evening Rain in Kawarago, published in 1947, depicts the Kawarago district — likely the small rural settlement of Kawarago in Saitama Prefecture west of the Tone River, a farming community in the flat Musashino plain — under evening rainfall. The rural evening rain subject, applied to a modest agricultural village rather than a celebrated scenic site, represents Hasui's capacity to find atmospheric beauty in the unremarkable landscape of the Kanto plain's ordinary countryside. The 1947 postwar date and quiet rural subject carry a sense of quiet recovery.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Evening Rain in Kawarago (Kawarago no yau) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1947.

Evening Rain in Kawarago (Kawarago no yau) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.

Evening Rain in Kawarago (Kawarago no yau) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1947).

Evening Rain in Kawarago (Kawarago no yau) depicts night scenes and rain.