Rain on the Sumida River
隅田川の雨
- Date:
- c. 1920
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Description
Rain streaks diagonally across a grey sky above the blue Sumida River, where two small sailboats and rowboats drift near a distant shoreline of trees and buildings. In the foreground, a cherry tree in full pink-white blossom leans over a thatch-roofed pavilion hung with white paper lanterns, where a woman in a blue kimono with a red-and-white obi sits on a wooden bench, her back to the viewer. Green grassy banks and a wooden fence frame the scene, evoking a quiet, rain-hazed spring outing along the river.
This 1920 color woodblock print by Takahashi Shotei is titled *Rain on the Sumida River*.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rain on the Sumida River (隅田川の雨) was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in c. 1920.
Rain on the Sumida River was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (c. 1920).
Rain on the Sumida River depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and rain, set at Sumida River.