Koshihara Snow-Kyoto
- Date:
- 1974
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 40.6 × 40.5 cm
- Source:
The Koshihara district of Kyoto under snow is Karhu's subject in this 1974 print, the traditional machiya townhouses and narrow streets transformed by the white into something austere and quiet. Snow prints were among Karhu's most technically demanding works, requiring careful management of the white of the paper — left unprinted to represent snow's brightness — against the darker tones of wet timber, tile, and stone. The Koshihara neighborhood provided a residential Kyoto streetscape far from the tourist circuit.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Koshihara Snow-Kyoto was created by Clifton Karhu in 1974.
Koshihara Snow-Kyoto depicts snow scenes, set at Kyoto.
Koshihara Snow-Kyoto measures 40.6 × 40.5 cm (Oban format).
