Rain in Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyoto

Rain in Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyoto presents the famous Hall of Thirty-Three Bays in rainfall — the temple's extraordinary length creating an extended eave line under which rain fell in a curtain, and the stone-paved approach before the building gleaming with reflected sky. This version, with Kyoto specified in the title, locates the subject precisely for viewers unfamiliar with the temple's setting in the Higashiyama district. Asano's rain compositions of this temple were among his most atmospheric works, the building's remarkable dimensions taking on a different character in rain than in the clear light of dry weather.