Unknown, snowy village- Yaizunohara
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Unknown, Snowy Village — Yaizunohara" presents a snow-covered village settlement — identified by the suffix "nohara" (field or plain) as a village in an open, flat setting — under winter conditions. The Yaizunohara location name suggests a specific place in Japan's snowy north or mountain regions, where winter villages under deep snow were a lived reality rather than a scenic subject. Okuyama's rendering of this village in snow honors the quiet dignity of a community continuing its life beneath the weight of winter.
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More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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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)"
c. 1832/38
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Unknown, snowy village- Yaizunohara was created by Gihachiro Okuyama (奥山儀八郎).
Unknown, snowy village- Yaizunohara depicts snow scenes and village scenes.