1835
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Night Rain at Karasaki, from Eight Views of Ōmi is a 1835 by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Rain, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A lone pine tree bends under sheets of rain at dusk. Its branches stretch wide, held up by bamboo poles. A few tiny figures hurry along a dark path near the water. This print is one of eight scenes Hiroshige made of Ōmi province. The poem on it praises the famous Karasaki Pine, a real tree that sheltered a shrine. The rain isn’t just weather—it’s sound, almost music, turning the tree into something alive. Look up more prints from *japan, edo period (1615–1868)* to see how artists turned daily life into quiet moments.
The sacred Karasaki Pine was a famous sight on the shores of Lake Biwa. Its branches, supported by a framework of bamboo poles, sheltered a shrine beneath. The poem on this print reads as follows: Yielding to the sound in the evening rain, and drawing near to the evening wind, he grows famous, the pine tree of Karasaki. —Translation by Matthi Forrer
The rain is represented by fine, printed vertical lines.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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