Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season
紀国坂 梅雨
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Rain falls on the steep shopping street of Kinokunisaka in Tokyo during the tsuyu rainy season, 1938, the wet pavement reflecting shop signs and passing umbrellas as pedestrians navigate the downpour. Kasamatsu's rainy season urban prints from the late 1930s represent some of his most technically accomplished work in conveying the specific visual experience of Tokyo in rain — the way reflections multiply on wet stone, the way rain flattens perspective and softens edges, the particular grey-blue light of an overcast summer sky.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season (紀国坂 梅雨) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪) in 1938.
Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season uses Moku-hanga, Nishiki-e, and Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1938).
Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season depicts seascapes and rain.