Title: Japan Rain, Snow & Art22
1JAPAN
Rain, Snow Art
2 Seasons are a main theme in the Japanese
culture. Tsuyu (literally "plum rain," since
plums ripen during this time) brings the water
needed to flood rice fields. As such, the
Japanese consider the coming of tsuyu vitally
important to the well-being of the country, and
traditionally have conducted rain-making rituals
(amagoi) that include prayers, religious
offerings to the gods, and special dances
3Takahashi Shotei (1871 - 1945) Village with
Japanese yellow rose 1916
Asano Takeji (1900-1999) Rain in Higashi-Honganji
Temple, Kyoto
The importance of rain to Japan's pre-modern
agricultural society resulted in a rich poetic
lexicon of rain-related vocabulary harusame, the
soft rain of spring haku'u, the "white rain" of
a sudden shower yñdachi, an evening downpour
kirisame, misty rain shigure, the cold rain of
late autumn or winter and so on. From the
mid-19th century, landscape print artists
attempted to capture these sentiments in their
compositions, and developed a variety of
specialized techniques for depicting different
types of rain
4Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
5Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Passing Rain, May 1917
Art Institute of Chicago
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Mii Temple Art
Institute of Chicago
6Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
7Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Kara Bridge at Seta
Art Institute of Chicago
8Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Snow storm
Kajiwara Hisako (1896-1988)
9Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) Quiet Rain
10Kobayashi Kiyochika (18471915) Rain at
Shinobazu Pond
11Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858
Tea-houses on the Bank of the Tadasu River in a
Shower Metropolitan Museum of Art
12Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858
Tea-houses on the Bank of the Tadasu River in a
Shower (fragment) Metropolitan Museum of Art
13Bertha Boynton Lum (1869 1954) was an American
artist known for helping to make the Japanese and
Chinese woodblock print known outside of Asia
14Bertha Boynton Lum (1869 1954)
15Toyohara Chikanobu (18381912) Sudden Evening
Shower, 1901
16Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Gion
Reflections
17Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007)
18Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Gosho Rain
Rain in Kyoto
19Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Higashi
Kaikarou
20Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Yasaka
Pagoda
Nara Rain
21Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Rain
Clifton Karhu Mountain Inn
22Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007)
Shiba Spring
23Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Rain in Gion
Clifton Karhu Takasegawa - Spring
24Clifton Karhu Rainy season
Clifton Karhu Tokawai rain 1978
25Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Umbrellas
26Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007) Umbrellas
(fragment)
27Hirokazu Fukuda (1944-2004)
28Eiichi Kotozuka (1906 - 1979)
Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japanese, 1935) In Green Wood
Beautiful ajisai (hydrangea) are considered the
quintessential flower of the rainy season and
also in Japan people connect the image of irises
to rain
29Kaoru Saito (Japan 1931)
30Kaoru Saito (Japan 1931)
31Kaoru Saito (Japan 1931)
32Kaoru Saito (Japan 1931)
33Kisho Tsukuda (Japan, 1955)
34Kisho Tsukuda (Japan, 1955)
35Kisho Tsukuda (Japan, 1955)
36Kiyoshi Nakajima (Japan, 1943) Fine Rain, 1982
Torii Kotondo Morning Hair
37Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945)
38Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945)
Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945) Hashiriame
Passing Shower
39Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945) Shigure
(autumn shower) House in Kameoka
40Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945) Yabuhara, Kiso
Highway
41Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945) House of
Kiyamachi
42Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japan, 1945) Rain
43Komori Soseki Two Gallinules and Lotus Leaves in
the Rain
Takahashi Shotei (1871 - 1945) Evening Shower at
Terashima
Komori Soseki Herons in Rain 1920-1930s
44Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)
Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-2000) Noodle
restaurant on a rainy night
45Papercut handicraft
Lilian May Miller (American, b. Japan, 1895-1943)
46Masao Ido (1945 - 2016) Ame no Sekitei (Rock
Garden in rain)
47Masao Ido (1945 - 2016) Ame no Suigo
(Riverside Village in a rain)
48Seiji Sano (Japan, 1959)
49Seiji Sano (Japan, 1959) Ajisai
50Seiji Sano (Japan, 1959) Summer has come
51Takahashi Shotei A Flower Seller on a Rainy Day
at Tomitori
Takahashi Shotei Rainy Day
Takahashi Shotei (1871 - 1945) Ferry Boat at
Hashiba
52Takahashi Shotei The Foothills of the Mountains,
Atagoyama
Takahashi Shotei (1871 - 1945) Rainy Night at
Sunken Road
53Takahashi Shotei (1871 - 1945) Rainy Night at
Sunken Road
54Yoshio Markino (1869-1956) Exterior del Hospital
San Jorge
55Yoshio Markino (1869-1956) Fulham Road London
circa 1910
56Yoshio Markino (1869-1956) A wet day Busy
Street, 1906
Autumn
57Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-2000) Rain at Kiraba
base of Mt Fuji
Tatsumi Shimura (1907 - 1980)
58Tatsumi Shimura (1907 - 1980)
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2017
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