Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
A second treatment of Muroto Cape in the rain, this woodblock print revisits the Shikoku headland from a different vantage point or atmospheric condition. While sharing the same subject as its companion piece, this version offers a distinct reading of the relationship between rainfall and coastal geography. The Pacific-facing cape, perpetually buffeted by ocean currents and seasonal storms, provides Nishiyama with a subject that is inherently about the collision of elemental forces. Differences in the density and angle of the printed rain lines, the tonal range of the sea, or the visibility of the rocky shore distinguish this impression from the other Murotozaki print. The repetition of subject reflects a working method common among landscape printmakers who return to the same motif under changed conditions.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
No Series Rain At Murotozaki was created by Nishiyama Hideo (西山英雄).
No Series Rain At Murotozaki depicts rain.
