Shower
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
"Shower" depicts rainfall in its brief, intense form — the sudden downpour that soaks rapidly and ends abruptly, different in character from steady rain or drizzle. In Japanese art, showers provide a dramatic atmospheric subject: the landscape transformed in moments by the arrival and departure of water. Binnie's treatment of the shower scene employs the diagonal rain lines of the woodblock tradition alongside his characteristic bokashi gradation, the sky's color shifting around the falling water.
More Prints by Paul Binnie
More Rain Prints
Rain Shower at Shо̄no, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tо̄kaidо̄ (Tо̄kaidо̄ gojusan tsugi)
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno hakuu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Shower was created by Paul Binnie.
Shower depicts rain.