1929
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain is a 1929 by Hiroshi Yoshida, depicting Showa Period, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet street at dusk after rain. Wooden buildings with paper screens glow from inside, their warm light reflecting in puddles. A few people walk or stand near a stall piled with red-orange food, maybe sweets or dried fish. The sky is dark blue, and the street looks wet and clean. Notice how the artist used light and shadow to make the scene feel alive—even though it’s still, the glow from the buildings and lanterns makes it feel like you’re there. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how this lighting trick works.
Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田 博, Yoshida Hiroshi; September 19, 1876 – April 5, 1950) was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker.
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