Rain Prints (65)
Rainy weather and atmospheric scenes (ame) in Japanese woodblock prints. Rain prints are prized for their technical virtuosity — depicting falling rain with fine carved lines and creating reflections on wet surfaces through layered printing.
Artists Known for Rain
Temple in Rain
c. 1916
Color woodblock print
Kominato in Rain
小湊の雨
1918
Color woodblock print
Yozakura in Rain
1935
Color woodblock print
Spring Rain
春雨
1917
Color woodblock print
Summer Shower
夕立
1917
Color woodblock print
Early Summer Rain, Arakawa (Samidare (Arakawa))
Samidare (Arakawa
June 1932
Color woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Shower, Teradomari (Teradomari no yō), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishū)
Teradomari no yō
1921
Color woodblock print
Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Rain at Nara, the Pagoda at Kofuku Temple (Nara no ame Kofukuji no to)
Nara no ame Kofukuji no to
1951
Color woodblock print
Rain at Ushibori (Ame no Ushibori)
Ame no Ushibori
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Spring Rain at the Gokoku Temple (Harusame (Gokokuji))
Harusame (Gokokuji
April 1932
Color woodblock print
Rainy Day
雨の日
c. 1938
Color woodblock print
Ginza in the Rain
銀座の雨
c. 1918
Lithograph
Rain at Tsukudajima
佃島の雨
c. 1917
Lithograph
Eagle Under Rain
雨中の鷲
c. 1927
Color woodblock print
Egrets in Rain
雨中白鷺
c. 1926
Color woodblock print
Two Sparrows in Rain
雨中の二羽の雀
c. 1925
Color woodblock print
Evening Rain, Yanaka Pagoda, Tokyo
Woodblock print
Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season
紀国坂 梅雨
1938
Color woodblock print
Kinokunizaka in the Rainy Season
Woodblock print
Night Rain
Woodblock print
Night Rain at Maekawa
前川の夜雨
1938
Woodblock print
Pagoda in Evening Rain
Woodblock print
Pine in Rain
Woodblock print
Rain at Shuzenji
修善寺の雨
1933
Woodblock print
Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda
八坂の塔 雨の夕
1932
Color woodblock print
Rainy Night at Shinobazu Pond
不忍池の雨夜
1938
Color woodblock print
Spring Rain
Woodblock print
Spring Rain at Yushima Tenjin Shrine
湯島天神 春の雨
1935
Color woodblock print
Yomei Gate in Light Rain
陽明門 小雨
1935
Color woodblock print
Rain at Maekawa
前川の雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Rain on the Sumida River
隅田川の雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Sudden Rain at Atago
愛宕のにわか雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Drizzling Rain at Nijo Castle
二条城小雨
ca. 1950s
Woodblock print
Drizzling Rain at Nijyo Castle
Woodblock print
Rain at Higashi Hongan-ji Temple
東本願寺雨
Woodblock print
Rain at Higashi Honganji Temple
東本願寺雨
ca. 1950s
Woodblock print
Rain in Enryaku-ji Temple
延暦寺雨
Woodblock print
Rain in Higashi-Honganji Temple
東本願寺雨
Woodblock print
Rain in Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyoto
三十三間堂雨
Woodblock print
Rain in Sanjysangendo Temple - Kyoto
Woodblock print
June (Rainy Scene of the Sen-ke, Japanese Tea Ceremony Founder's House)
六月 (千家雨景)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Rain
雨
1929
Color woodblock print
Beauty Under Umbrella
傘を差す美人
c. 1910
Color woodblock print
Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain
after 1929
Color woodblock print
Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain (Sakura hachidai: Harusame)
after 1935
Color woodblock print
Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain
after 1929
Color woodblock print
Passing Rain
1917
Color woodblock print; oban
Night Rain at Mii Temple, from the series "Eight Views of Ohmi"
1917
Color woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Kojaku Cavern, Oga Peninsula (Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Shinkawa at Night (Yoru no Shinkawa), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan))
Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan
March 1932
Color woodblock print
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Spring Snow at Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto (Haru no yuki [Kyoto Kiyomizu])
Haru no yuki [Kyoto Kiyomizu]
April, 1932
Color woodblock print; oban
Winter Moon over Toyama Plain (Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara))
Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara
December 1931
Color woodblock print
Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki, Ninomiya kaigan)
1932
Color woodblock print
Evening Shower, Teradomari (Teradomari no yō), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishū)
1921
Color woodblock print
Egret Standing in Rain
1928
Color woodblock print; oban
Rain, Paris (A)
1955
Color woodblock print