1836
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
歌川国芳画 「高祖御一代略図 鎌倉霊山ヶ崎雨祈」|Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Prayer for Rain Answered at Ryōzengasaki in Kamakura is a 1836 ink by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a Romanticism work, depicting Boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a dramatic stormy scene with a group of people on a rocky shore. One person in red holds a bright red umbrella, while others huddle under dark blue cloaks. Waves crash around them, and a boat struggles in the rough water. The artist used fine lines to create texture, especially in the rain and waves. This print is part of a series about a monk praying for rain. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
Kuniyoshi grew up in old Tokyo when the city was still called Edo. His dad ran a silk shop, but Kuniyoshi loved anything with pictures—scrolls, screens, comic books. He talked his way into the Utagawa school, a kind of…
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