Night Rain on the Karasaki Pine from the series Eight Views of Ōmi

1774

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Dominant colour

Night Rain on the Karasaki Pine from the series Eight Views of Ōmi is a 1774 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, depicting Rain, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1774 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

A single pine tree bends under heavy rain at night. The dark trunk glows faintly against a stormy sky, while raindrops blur the branches. A small boat drifts on the lake below. This print is one of eight scenes from Ōmi, a region in Japan. Artists in the Edo period often made series like this, showing famous places in different weather or seasons. The rain here isn’t just weather—it’s a mood, quiet and a little lonely. If you like this, look up *subject: japan, edo period (1615–1868)* for more prints like it.