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
Description
Heavy diagonal rain streaks fill a dusky grey-blue scene where three travelers cross a stone path beside a stream toward a wooden footbridge. One figure in a yellow straw rain cape and conical hat walks bent forward on the left; a central figure in a blue kimono shelters under a large black-and-yellow umbrella; a smaller figure in green carries a yellow umbrella over their shoulder. Behind them a dark silhouetted temple roof and pine trees loom against the rain, with a single lit paper window glowing pale yellow in the gloom — this color woodblock print, "Rain at Maekawa" by Takahashi Shotei (1920), renders the whole composition in muted greys and blues but for that lantern-lit window and the travelers' warm-toned garments.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.