Evening rain at Karesaki from the series "Eight views of Omi Hakkei"
- Date:
- Unknown
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A landscape from the Eight Views of Omi Hakkei depicting the Evening Rain at Karasaki, where the famous Karasaki pine stood on the western shore of Lake Biwa. Karasaki was the canonical site for the evening-rain (yau) effect in the Eight Views convention, and the lone gnarled pine, sheltered under a deliberate rainfall, became one of the most beloved images in the entire repertoire of meisho-e. Toyohiro's treatment of the subject, like all his Omi prints, is restrained, with the rain rendered as diagonal lines of color and the pine massed as a dark silhouette. Held by the Art Institute of Chicago, the print belongs to the same conversation about landscape and atmosphere that Hokusai and Hiroshige would extend in the following decade.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Evening rain at Karesaki from the series "Eight views of Omi Hakkei" was created by Utagawa Toyohiro (歌川豊広) in Unknown.
Evening rain at Karesaki from the series "Eight views of Omi Hakkei" depicts rain.