Rain at Maekawa
前川の雨
- Date:
- c. 1920
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
前川の雨
Pre-1923 Shotei prints are particularly prized because the Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed original woodblocks along with much of the Watanabe publishing house. Surviving pre-earthquake impressions carry a scarcity premium.
Rain falls on the village of Maekawa, creating a gray, misty atmosphere that softens the forms of houses and trees. A figure hurries along a wet road, umbrella tilted against the driving rain. The diagonal lines of rain are printed with extraordinary delicacy, creating a veil of moisture that pervades the entire composition.
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.
Rain at Maekawa (前川の雨) was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in c. 1920.
Rain at Maekawa was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (c. 1920).
Rain at Maekawa depicts rain.
