“Rain at Maekawa”

“Rain at Maekawa”, Sochu Kawese Hasui. 1932.

This stunning Duille fine art print features ‘Rain at Maekawa’ a woodblock by Japanese artist Sochu Kawase Hasui.
Said to be one of the artist’s favourite works he wrote, ‘I love quiet scenes with the shadow of loneliness hanging over them’. Hasui often created works picturing scenes at night, dawn or sunset. He sought to embody the inspiration of nature, atmospheric effects to suggest ephemerality, poetic moods of ‘tranquillity or contemplation’, the source of a Japanese sense of identity in values and sensibilities of the past  and the capacity of ‘beauty’ for ‘expressing spirituality.

About the work
The array of traditional thatched-roof houses along the street, the shadows of large pine trees, a person walking with an umbrella, and the straight lines of rain produce a sense of tranquility as well as the nostalgia reminiscent of some work by Utagawa Hiroshige.

This is a museum-quality archival print made using materials which will last for many years.

Special features
This print is a museum / archival quality giclée print on heavyweight Somerset Enhanced Radiant White Velvet 255gsm paper reproducing the original work close to actual size.

Available unframed in a choice of two sizes
This fine art print can be supplied on an A4 sheet –
Overall size: 210 x 297mm
Size of printed image: 187 x 280mm
Top and bottom white margins to allow for framing: 8.5mm
Left and right white margins to allow for framing: 11.5mm

or an A3 sheet –
Overall size: 297 x 420mm
Size of printed image: 261 x 390mm
Top and bottom white margins to allow for framing: 15mm
Left and right white margins to allow for framing: 18mm

Packed for protection with fast dispatch
Your unframed print will be sent wrapped in acid-free tissue and protectively packed.

All materials are recyclable and come from environmentally responsible sources.