Shimabara Snow
- Date:
- 1977
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition 70/100
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A snow-covered wooden building with a latticed façade fills the composition, its dark red and black beams framing rows of narrow vertical slats and a red-shuttered doorway on the left; window openings glow yellow and olive behind the grille. Thick white snow lines the eaves, roof tiles, railing, and a decorative rooftop finial, contrasting against a flat charcoal-grey sky, while diagonal shadows fall across the snow-covered ground in the foreground. Clifton Karhu, "Shimabara Snow," 1977, color woodblock print, edition 70/100.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shimabara Snow was created by Clifton Karhu in 1977.
Shimabara Snow depicts snow scenes.