Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Ame no Omiya
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 30.2 × 43.9 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya), published in 1930, depicts the city of Omiya in Saitama Prefecture — a city synonymous with the Hikawa Shrine, one of the largest and oldest Shinto shrines in the Kanto plain — under rainfall. Omiya's broad shrine avenue, lined with ancient cedars, would have presented Hasui a composition of rain-darkened stone lanterns and wet tree trunks under the gray curtain of a spring or summer shower. The bokashi sky gives the rain composition its characteristic atmospheric depth, the rain-softened surfaces of stone and wood absorbing light differently than in dry conditions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya) (Ame no Omiya) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930.
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya) depicts rain.
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya) measures 30.2 × 43.9 cm (Oban format).