Unknown, snow scene 2
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Unknown, Snow Scene 2" is the second of Okuyama's unidentified winter landscapes — a snow scene whose specific location has not been documented but whose visual character reflects his mastery of the genre. The simplified, high-contrast palette of snow landscapes — white ground, dark accents, grey sky — gives these works a formal concentration that Okuyama's more colorful seasonal landscapes did not always achieve. Whether depicting a rural scene, a temple precinct, or a village under snow, this work reflects his most direct engagement with the Japanese winter.
More Prints by Gihachiro Okuyama
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
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)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Unknown, snow scene 2 was created by Gihachiro Okuyama (奥山儀八郎).
Unknown, snow scene 2 depicts snow scenes.