An alternate rendering of rain at Nijo Castle, this version likely varies in the intensity of the downpour or the vantage point within the castle grounds. Rain scenes are among Asano's most technically accomplished works, and this composition generally trades between $150-$500. Collectors prize the atmospheric depth that wet-weather printing techniques bring to the woodblock medium.
Drizzling Rain at Nijyo Castle is a companion work to Asano's other Nijo Castle rain composition, approaching the same famous architectural subject under comparable atmospheric conditions or from a different viewpoint. The shogunate's Kyoto residence, with its elegant palace buildings and extensive pine-shaded grounds, was among the major landmarks of the Kyoto he knew from childhood, and his repeated return to it in rain conditions suggests a particular fascination with how this architecturally rich complex was transformed by precipitation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Drizzling Rain at Nijyo Castle was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Drizzling Rain at Nijyo Castle uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Drizzling Rain at Nijyo Castle was published by Unsodo.
Drizzling Rain at Nijyo Castle depicts castles and rain.
