The Painter of Rain
Art That Could Summon the Storm
In 1820 Kyoto, a reclusive artist named Ren Shimizu gained fame for landscapes that rained when hung outdoors. Scholars thought it was a clever chemical trick — until a noble family that bought his final painting, The River Before Death, perished in a flood the next day. When the painting resurfaced in 1974, a researcher noted that the painted clouds seemed to shift under light, forming human faces mid-tear. It was later stolen from the Tokyo Museum during a typhoon. Some believe the painting calls storms when it’s seen. Others think it only cries for its creator, who drowned in his studio.
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