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Rain Prints (378)

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

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: no. 46, Shono, White Rain (Tokaido gojusan tsugi: Shono) by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: no. 46, Shono, White Rain (Tokaido gojusan tsugi: Shono)

Woodblock print

Rain Storm by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Rain Storm

Woodblock print

Quiet Rain by Kaoru Kawano

Quiet Rain

Woodblock print

Quiet Rain- LE by Kaoru Kawano

Quiet Rain- LE

Woodblock print

AMEAGARI (After Rain) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

AMEAGARI (After Rain)

Woodblock print

HAREMA (lull in the rain) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

HAREMA (lull in the rain)

Woodblock print

KATASHIGURE (Drizzle) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

KATASHIGURE (Drizzle)

Woodblock print

Sunshine after Rain by Katsuyuki Nishijima

Sunshine after Rain

Woodblock print

BLACK CROW IN RAIN by Kawanabe Kyosai

BLACK CROW IN RAIN

Woodblock print

Crown in Rain on Plum Branch by Kawanabe Kyosai

Crown in Rain on Plum Branch

Woodblock print

Akashicho After the Rain by Kawase Hasui

Akashicho After the Rain

Woodblock print

Arakawa in Rain by Kawase Hasui

Arakawa in Rain

Woodblock print

Kiyomizu in rain by Kawase Hasui

Kiyomizu in rain

Woodblock print

Kumamoto Castle in Samidare (Rain in May) by Kawase Hasui

Kumamoto Castle in Samidare (Rain in May)

Woodblock print

May Rain- Arakawa — 五月雨(荒川) by Kawase Hasui

May Rain- Arakawa — 五月雨(荒川)

Woodblock print

Morning Rain at Asakusa — 浅草の朝の雨 by Kawase Hasui

Morning Rain at Asakusa — 浅草の朝の雨

Woodblock print

Nissaka in Rain, Nissaka on Tokaido by Kawase Hasui

Nissaka in Rain, Nissaka on Tokaido

Woodblock print

Okutama in Rain by Kawase Hasui

Okutama in Rain

Woodblock print

Okutama in the Rain by Kawase Hasui

Okutama in the Rain

Woodblock print

Rain at Ohmiya by Kawase Hasui

Rain at Ohmiya

Woodblock print

Rain at Shuzen-ji, Izu, Shôwa period, dated 1933 by Kawase Hasui

Rain at Shuzen-ji, Izu, Shôwa period, dated 1933

Woodblock print

Rain at Shuzenji by Kawase Hasui

Rain at Shuzenji

Woodblock print

Rain in Maekawa, Söshü by Kawase Hasui

Rain in Maekawa, Söshü

Woodblock print

View of Yotsuhashi in rain by Oda Kazuma

View of Yotsuhashi in rain

Woodblock print

Clear Weather after Rain at Zenkoji in Kawaguchi by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Clear Weather after Rain at Zenkoji in Kawaguchi

Woodblock print

Rain on the outskirts of a town by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Rain on the outskirts of a town

Woodblock print

Peony in Rain by Koho Shoda

Peony in Rain

Woodblock print

View of Yotsuhashi in rain, from by Oda Kazuma

View of Yotsuhashi in rain, from

Woodblock print

Sand Garden after Rain, Shôwa period, dated 1958 by Okiie Hashimoto

Sand Garden after Rain, Shôwa period, dated 1958

Woodblock print

Rain in Green Season by Fumiko Takeda

Rain in Green Season

ca. 2009

Etching and aquatint, chine-collé

Eastern Rain by Shigeki Kuroda

Eastern Rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Autumn Rain Shower at Yakushiji by Ray Morimura

Autumn Rain Shower at Yakushiji

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

September - autumn rain by Jun'ichiro Sekino

September - autumn rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Boat In a storm by Sadao Watanabe

Boat In a storm

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Senju Ohashi in the Rain by Kogan Tobari

Senju Ohashi in the Rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Purple rain by Taki Shusui

Purple rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rain on Izumi Bridge by Takahashi Shotei

Rain on Izumi Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

October Autumn rain by Jun'ichiro Sekino

October Autumn rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rain of the fifth month by Joshua Rome

Rain of the fifth month

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rain No by Tadashige Ono

Rain No

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rain in Miyajima by Okumura Koichi

Rain in Miyajima

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Egrets In rain by Ohara Koson

Egrets In rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fine rain by Nakajima Kiyoshi

Fine rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fine rain by Nakajima Kiyoshi

Fine rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rain outside the village by Miyamoto Shufu

Rain outside the village

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mt. Moiwa in the rain by Maeda Masao

Mt. Moiwa in the rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Wind And rain by Bertha Lum

Wind And rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Night Rain by Komura Settai

Night Rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring rain by Komura Settai

Spring rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Shinobazu Pond in spring rain by Kishio Koizumi

Shinobazu Pond in spring rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

After the rain by Ito Shinsui

After the rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Katayama harbor in the rain by Ishii Hakutei

Katayama harbor in the rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Summer Rain, frontispiece by Kawase Hasui

Summer Rain, frontispiece

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

After the rain by Hideo Hagiwara

After the rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

tomorrow-rain-05287 by Fukita Fumiaki

tomorrow-rain-05287

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series "The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)" by Suzuki Harunobu

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series "The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)"

c. early 1760s

Color woodblock print; hosoban

No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])" by Keisai Eisen

No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])"

c. 1835/36

Color woodblock print; oban

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Swallows and Peonies by Teisai Hokuba

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Swallows and Peonies

ca. 1820

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

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi) by Utagawa Toyokuni I

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

c. 1792

Color woodblock print; oban

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Sparrows and Dandelions by Teisai Hokuba

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Sparrows and Dandelions

ca. 1820

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on 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 Takahashi Shotei 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 378 prints tagged with rain, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.