Rain Prints (409)
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
A River in the Rain
Woodblock print
A Sudden Shower on Cherry Blossoms
Woodblock print
Egret in rain
Woodblock print
Spring Rain at the Gokoku Temple (Harusame (Gokokuji))
Harusame (Gokokuji
April 1932
Color woodblock print
Heron in Rain
Woodblock print
Cherry Blossoms in Rain at Arashiyama, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
Mt Arashi in Rain
Not set
Woodblock print
Night Rain in Kyoto- watercolour
Not set
Woodblock print
Rainy Street of Kyoto
Not set
Woodblock print
Summer Rain in Karasaki — 唐崎夏雨
circa 1950-1970
Woodblock print
Takao in Rain
Not set
Woodblock print
Rain Time
1915
Woman in the Rain
1915
Woodblock print
Rain
1912
Color woodcut
Rainy Twilight
1907
Color woodcut
Wind and Rain
1912
Color woodcut
Rain at Mount Moiwa (Ame no Moiwayama), from the series "Eight Views of Sapporo (Sapporo hakkei)"
1932
Color woodblock print
Rain
October 1954
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Tokyo West-Baiu (Rainy season) (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)
1989-99
Color woodblock print
Rain in the Mountains
1963
Color woodblock print
Tranquil Rain
1963
Color woodblock print
After Rain A, Shôwa period, circa 1970s
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
After the Rain
1968
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Mitate No.14 - Rain (Ame)
1999
After Rain
1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Drizzling Rain (Shigure)
Woodblock print
Night Rain at Mii Temple, from the series "Eight Views of Ohmi"
1917
Color woodblock print
Frog in Rain
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Flower Seller in the Rain
Woodblock print
Izumi Bridge in Rain (Izumibashi no ame)
c. 1932
Color woodblock print
Rainy Landscape
Woodblock print
Rainy Night at Shinobazu Pond
Woodblock print
Shower at Terashima
Woodblock print
Sudden shower at Koume
Woodblock print
Sudden Shower at Takaido- Post quake
Woodblock print
Village in the Rain- Igusa
Woodblock print
Yabakei (landscape with a Peasant Cart in the Rain)
19th–20th century
Woodblock print
Ame- Rain — 雨
1929
Woodblock print
No. 7 - Rain - 雨
1929
Woodblock print
Rain (Ame)
October 1929
Woodblock print
Rainy Season, from the series Scenes of the Season
1956
Hand-colored woodblock print
Rain (Ann Arbor) Michigan
Woodblock print
Rain, Paris (A)
1955
Color woodblock print
Rain on the Tama River
1929
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Yabakei-Rakan-ji in Rain
Woodblock print
Rainy Day
Woodblock print
Fantasy after Rain
1981–86
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain
Woodblock print
Rain at Murotozaki
Woodblock print
Poem, 69-53 (Rain)
Woodblock print
Crow on Plum Branch in Rain
Ink on paper
Heron in the Rain
Woodblock print
Fine Weather after Rain at Tsukudajima
c. 1880 (Meiji 13)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Moon through Rain at Gohan Matsu — 五本松雨月
Woodblock print
Night Rain
Woodblock print
Rain at Sanmai Bridge in Hakone
c. 1881
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Rainy Night at Yanagiwara
1881
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Spring Rain at the Takeya Ferry Crossing, Matsuchiyama — 待乳山、竹屋ノ渡の春雨
Woodblock print
Sudden evening shower at Atami in Izu — 伊豆熱海夕立
Woodblock print
Ono no Komachi: Praying for Rain
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Kawase Hasui, Shiro Kasamatsu, and Kobayashi Kiyochika are among the artists most associated with rain in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 409 prints tagged with rain, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.