Night Rain
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Chazen Museum of Art
Description
Rain falls in this undated nocturne, a generalised atmospheric study in the intersection of precipitation and darkness that Kiyochika explored repeatedly throughout his career. The absence of a specific location in the title places this among his more abstract atmospheric exercises — images that prioritise the sensory experience of weather over topographic documentation. Diagonal rain lines across a dark ground, with light sources — lanterns, reflections — breaking the darkness, was among the most demanding technical challenges in the nishiki-e medium.
More Prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika
More Night Scenes Prints
Evening in East Africa
Woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
Night Rain was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Night Rain depicts night scenes and rain.