Rainy Season, by Katsushika Hokusai

Not really too much to say about this one ... I certainly had to make sure I had a good strong piece of wood, because this is carved at just about 1/2 size of the original, and I didn't leave out a single line!

I wasn't quite sure how to cut the three 'colour' blocks; this image is reproduced in a number of the reference books I have here, and in every one the grey tones are completely different. It's completely impossible to determine what the intentions of the team who made the original version were, so I just looked the various versions over, and cut a set of blocks that matched what I thought was a reasonable interpretation ....

Blocks: 4 cherrywood
Printing impressions: 4

• Key block
• Grey ...
• Grey ...
• More Grey ...