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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

After the Rain - Ameagari by Clifton Karhu

After the Rain - Ameagari

Not set

Woodblock print

Rain and Roofs by Clifton Karhu

Rain and Roofs

1977

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Cat in the Rain (Ame ni Neko) by Paul Binnie

Cat in the Rain (Ame ni Neko)

Woodblock print

Shower by Paul Binnie

Shower

Woodblock print

Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)

1804/16

Color woodblock print; horizontal koban

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Woodblock print

Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no yau), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no yau), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

Oiso: Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora ga ame), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Oiso: Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora ga ame), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Night Rain by Kitagawa Utamaro

Night Rain

Woodblock print

Diary: June 24 ’78 by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: June 24 ’78

June 1978

Screenprint

Umbrellas by Katsuyuki Nishijima

Umbrellas

Woodblock print

Hydrangeas by Inuzuka Taisui

Hydrangeas

July 1929

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Umbrellas by Fritz Capelari

Umbrellas

1915

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bi Bob Puddle Hop by Sarah Brayer

Bi Bob Puddle Hop

Not set

Woodblock print

After the Storm by Takahashi Shotei

After the Storm

Woodblock print

Umbrella by Komura Settai

Umbrella

1935

Woodblock print

Ameshiro by Ito Takashi

Ameshiro

Woodblock print

Umbrellas by Sarah Brayer

Umbrellas

2003

Woodblock print

Before the Storm by Ito Shinsui

Before the Storm

1915

Color woodblock print

Windy day, umbrella by Takahashi Shotei

Windy day, umbrella

Woodblock print

Before a Thunderstorm by Ito Shinsui

Before a Thunderstorm

March 1920

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

The Dark Cloud by Cyrus Baldridge

The Dark Cloud

Wash painting on paper

Nagaura Kaido no Ame by Gihachiro Okuyama

Nagaura Kaido no Ame

Woodblock print

Kitsuneame by Joshua Rome

Kitsuneame

Woodblock print

Ame no Goro (4/40) by Takahashi Hiromitsu

Ame no Goro (4/40)

Woodblock print

Tokyo Shin-O-Hashi ame-chu zu by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Tokyo Shin-O-Hashi ame-chu zu

Woodblock print

Ameshiro by Ito Shinsui

Ameshiro

Woodblock print

Yanagiwara ya-u by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Yanagiwara ya-u

Woodblock print

Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) by Hiyoshi Mamoru

Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru)

Woodblock print

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1 by Yanagawa Shigenobu

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1

probably 1813

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Mountain Dove and Peach Flowers by Teisai Hokuba

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Mountain Dove and Peach Flowers

ca. 1820

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Ameshiro by Henmi Takashi

Ameshiro

Woodblock print

Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima) by Nakajima Kiyoshi

Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)

Woodblock print

HAREMA (Interval of Clear Weather) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

HAREMA (Interval of Clear Weather)

Woodblock print

Peony in Rain by Shōda Kōhō

Peony in Rain

early 20th century

Color woodblock print

KATASHIGURE (It rains off and on) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

KATASHIGURE (It rains off and on)

Woodblock print

Umbrella by Toshi Yoshida

Umbrella

Woodblock print

Chapter 2 - Hahakigi by Maeda Masao

Chapter 2 - Hahakigi

Woodblock print

Thunder in the Farming Land by Kotozuka Eiichi

Thunder in the Farming Land

Not set

Woodblock print

Lightning (Inazuma) by Paul Binnie

Lightning (Inazuma)

Woodblock print

Hahakigi by Ebina Masao

Hahakigi

Woodblock print

Chapter 2 - Hahakigi by Ebina Masao

Chapter 2 - Hahakigi

Woodblock print

Intervals between Rain by Shinji Ando

Intervals between Rain

Etching with chine colle

Thunder and Showers by Hiyoshi Mamoru

Thunder and Showers

Woodblock print

Rain Night by Kitagawa Utamaro

Rain Night

Woodblock print

Night Shower at Izumi Bridge by Takahashi Shotei

Night Shower at Izumi Bridge

Woodblock print

Ame (Rain) by Torii Kotondo

Ame (Rain)

Woodblock print

Aiaigasa (Sharing an Umbrella) by Hashiguchi Goyo

Aiaigasa (Sharing an Umbrella)

Woodblock print

Cherry Blossom Rain by Helen Hyde

Cherry Blossom Rain

1905

Color woodcut on paper

Rain Song 4 by Toshihisa Fudezuka

Rain Song 4

2018

Intaglio

Rain B by Chizuko Yoshida

Rain B

1954

Woodblock print

Summer Shower by Elspeth Lamb

Summer Shower

2025

Watercolour and collage

Garden Project--Wood, Paper, Fire and Rain--Between Vertical and Horizon by Ida Shoichi

Garden Project--Wood, Paper, Fire and Rain--Between Vertical and Horizon

1986

Color woodcut

After the Rain by Katsuyuki Nishijima

After the Rain

1986

Color woodcut

Rainy Long Journey by Kazz Morishita

Rainy Long Journey

2015

Archival Pigment Print

Spring Rain by Xu Ming

Spring Rain

2014

Chinese brush painting

Forecast: Rain, Locally Heavy at Times by Monique Wales

Forecast: Rain, Locally Heavy at Times

2018

Reductive Linocut Relief Print

Rain Garden by Paul Furneaux

Rain Garden

Mokuhanga on two panels

Rain Icon by Paul Furneaux

Rain Icon

Mokuhanga on gesso on board with resin coating

Autumn Rain Shower at Yakushiji by Ray Morimura

Autumn Rain Shower at Yakushiji

2019

Woodblock on washi paper

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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.