$200–$2,000. Fish prints are among the most collected subjects for this artist. Good bird-and-flower prints: $500–$1,000. Key value factors: Rakuzan's botanical prints are beautifully produced and accessibly priced. Complete series sets are rare and more valuable.
A woodblock print showing a kingfisher perched or hovering amid falling rain, combining two subjects beloved in East Asian art. The kingfisher's iridescent plumage, a brilliant flash of blue-green against gray skies, has made it a symbol of beauty persisting through adversity. Tsuchiya Rakuzan captures the bird in a moment of stillness within the rain's motion, its bright feathers contrasting with the muted tones of wet foliage and slanting water. The rain itself is rendered as fine parallel lines, a woodblock convention that turns a natural phenomenon into a graphic pattern overlaying the composition.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kingfisher in the rain was created by Tsuchiya Rakuzan (土屋楽山).
Kingfisher in the rain depicts birds & flowers, rain, and animals.
