Shuzenji in Rain (Shuzenji no ame)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Shuzenji in rain is one of Hasui's most intimate onsen compositions — the famous spa town in the Izu mountains where Minamoto no Yoritomo's son Yoriie was murdered in 1204 takes on a melancholy character in downpour. This 1933 oban shows the willow-lined Katsura River and the wooden inn buildings reflected in its rain-pocked surface. Rain at a hot spring town had a particular aesthetic — the contrast between the cold, wet exterior and the steaming warmth within — that Hasui rendered through wet-dark palette and bokashi gradations.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shuzenji in Rain (Shuzenji no ame) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1933.
Shuzenji in Rain (Shuzenji no ame) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Shuzenji in Rain (Shuzenji no ame) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1933).
Shuzenji in Rain (Shuzenji no ame) depicts rain.