Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
A rain scene from the Twenty Views of Tokyo series combines the series' collector prestige with Hasui's second-most desirable atmospheric effect. Rain scenes by Hasui are prized for their bokashi gradation technique — the graduated ink wash creating misty, diffused light. Rainy Evening in Kyoto (a comparable rain scene, Showa era) sold for $5,800 at Sotheby's New York (2023).
Shinobazu Pond at Ueno Park in Tokyo is one of the city's most celebrated urban lakes, famous for its lotus flowers in summer and for the Bentendo shrine on an island in the center. This 1929 oban from the Twenty Views of Tokyo shows the pond during summer rain, the lotus leaves and flowers battered by drops, the shrine island visible through mist. Rain on Shinobazu was a recurring Hasui subject — the lotus and rain composition was one of the most traditional in East Asian art, and Hasui's version updated it for the shin-hanga era.
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.
Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1929.
Yes — Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 14 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1929).
Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and rivers & lakes, set at Tokyo.
