Rain at Mirotsu, Wakayama Prefecture (Translation)
見老津（和歌山県） 昭和二十五年 (Primary Title)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 (Artist)
Watanabe Shōzaburō 渡邊庄三郎, Japanese, 1885 - 1962 (Publisher)
Mirotsu, once a picturesque fishing village in Western Japan facing the Pacific Ocean, was developed into a port town in the early 20th century. In this print created in 1950, Hasui illustrated a rainy scene, featuring residential houses and a street shrine, and an alley leading to a zig-zag dock over the water. The fine, slanting lines of the rain integrate the misty islands and the distant horizon to create a sense of oneness.
Showa period (1926-1989)
巴水 Hasui
Artist's seal; Publisher's seal Watanabe Shōzaburō
見老津（和歌山県） 昭和二十五年作
René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
Brown, Kendall. Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014.
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