Hasui 巴水: Evening Shower, Teradomari with Special Dedication 寺泊の夜雨 (Sold)

Artist: Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957)Title: Night Rain, Teradomari 寺泊の夜雨Series: Souvenirs of Travels, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishû) 旅みやげ第二集Date: 27 August, 1921 A man is bent against the wind and rain, wrapped in a straw cloak and a round straw hat. An evening deluge is coursing down in long sheets. Hasui was a master of depicting with specificity every type of weather, especially snow and the even trickier rain. Here it falls in long, straight lines, very reminiscent of the famous Hiroshige design of Ohashi Bridge from 100 Famous Views of Edo.  We see a soft horizon line floating in the distance, and the grey-blue color of the sky is very subtly different than the color of the water, which is more blue. This is a completely unfaded example in mint condition, with the soft greens and the deep yellows of a work that has never been exposed to light. The vertical windows glow with the coziness of folks at home, warm and dry, and the reflections of the windows are seen in the puddl