Summer Rain — 夏の雨
by Nishimura Hodo

Original caretaker of this artwork: Private collector

	Artist:	Nishimura Hodo — 蒲堂
	Title:	Summer Rain — 夏の雨
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1935-1940
	Date of this artwork?:	1930s (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Takemura Shokai — 竹村
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Takemura Shokai — 竹村
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Mitsugiri
	Format (this edition):	Mitsugiri
	DB artwork code:	43238
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Hi Ross, I hope this email finds you well. I recently acquired this curiosity published by Takemura Hideo. It bears some resemblance to Koitsu's (more Shotei really) style though clearly not his signature. I'm wondering if you had any thoughts on it. Peter On Oct 1, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Ross Walker wrote: Hi Peter, Yes I saw that print on eBay I think. You will be quite familiar with this artist: Nishimura Hodo. Take a look at some of his floral prints for matching signature. His non-floral scenes are quite rare. Cheers, Ross Thanks Ross. I had just figured out it was Nishimura as well. Strange to see a shin hanga style print by him. It makes me think that he must be one of the mysterious artists who were designing the many prints similar to Shotei's. I've made a hobby of collecting the various Shotei look alikes and knock offs. P.
	Artist Bio:	Nishimura Hodo is most likely the watercolour artist Saito Hodo. See my discussion of Saito Hodo here.