@atomicker

Beautiful, thank you! I love the way these woodblock prints do rainfall. Those thin dark grey strings are at once highly stylised and highly realistic. Magic.

I have posted links to such woodblock prints myself, they are so evocative. There must be some deeper Zen theme behind these rain images, sadly I don't know anything about it. A quick search found me a useful discussion, by a gallery. A quote (relating to the an earlier period):

"These rain-soaked landscapes often convey a feeling of calm, melancholy, or quiet reflection, aligning with the broader themes of ukiyo-e, which frequently focused on fleeting moments and the transience of life. Rain allowed ukiyo-e artists to emphasize the fleeting nature of beauty, where a scene could be dramatically transformed by weather, mirroring the unpredictability of life itself."

(The piece has some references at the end.)

https://moonlitseaprints.com/research-library/depiction-of-rain-in-ukiyo-e-and-shin-hanga-prints/

#WoodBlockPrints #rain #Zen