雨 (Rain)

Miyamoto Shufu

born 1950

雨 (Rain), 1985, Showa period (1926–1989)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 289 x 387 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 366 x 465 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 3/8 x 15 1/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 7/16 x 18 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: Gift of Hal M. Davison, Class of 1949

Accession number: 1998.0779

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Exhibition Label:
"Japan Re-imagined/Post-war Art," Mar-2008, Kris Ercums
Schooled in the Japanese academy prior to World War II, Miyamoto practiced a Japanese hybrid of impressionism and Barbizon school painting—a French school that emphasized en plein air, literally “in open air,” painting created from outdoor observation. In the post-war period Miyamoto continued to roam the Japanese countryside, capturing distilled peaceful images far removed from the urban sprawl of metropolises like Tokyo.

Archive Label date unknown:
Miyamoto Saburō, born in Nagano, was head of the Tokyo Hanga (woodblock print) Institute for a number of years. He typically designed landscapes that evoke a lyrical mood with their pastel colors and misty or rainy atmospheres. Here a small figure is seated in a boat fishing in the rain at the edge of the reeds. Behind and to the right of the solitary angler stands a traditionally thatched building. Waving bamboo and trees in various shades and colors fade gradually into the distance.