Shotei produced a wide range of subjects throughout his career under publishers Watanabe and Daikokuya. Signed, sealed lifetime editions consistently outperform unsigned export-market copies.
A lone cryptomeria stands in sheeting rain beside a simple thatched hut, the great conifer's layered branches each weighed down with accumulated water. Shotei renders the scene through the curtain of rain itself — vertical stripes that soften all edges and reduce the world to the essential contrast between the dark upright trunk and the pale rain-blurred air around it. The subject belongs to Shotei's long engagement with rain as a compositional force, one that allowed the [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) technique to express the very feel of wet weather.
$1,100
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.
Cryptomeria and Hut in Rain was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in 20th century.
Cryptomeria and Hut in Rain uses Bokashi, on woodblock print; ink and color on paper.
Cryptomeria and Hut in Rain was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (20th century).
Cryptomeria and Hut in Rain depicts rain and trees.
Cryptomeria and Hut in Rain measures 37.5 × 16.3 cm (Oban format).
