Takasegawa-Winter
- Date:
- 1990
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 57.2 × 30.5 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
The Takasegawa canal in winter completes Karhu's 1990 seasonal triptych of the waterway, the bare cherry tree branches now creating a graphic web of dark lines over the grey winter canal. Winter strips the canal of both the blossoms of spring and the leafy canopy of summer, exposing the underlying structure of the scene — the branch patterns, the canal walls, the reflections in still winter water. Karhu finds in this reduction to structure the most austere and formally interesting of his three seasonal views.
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The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Takasegawa-Winter was created by Clifton Karhu in 1990.
Takasegawa-Winter depicts snow scenes and winter.
Takasegawa-Winter measures 57.2 × 30.5 cm (Oban format).