Frosty Morning
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- japancoll
Description
Frosty Morning captures the particular atmospheric quality of the coldest clear-weather mornings — the frost crystals on every surface catching the early sun, the air sharp and transparent, the world temporarily made crystalline by the overnight freezing. Hagiwara's carved surfaces, with their capacity to render both the micro-texture of frosted surfaces and the macro-quality of the sharp winter light, were ideally suited to this subject. The frosty morning existed at the intersection of his abstract investigations of surface and his sustained engagement with the atmospheric landscape of the Fuji highlands region.
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1920
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Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
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The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
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Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frosty Morning was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Frosty Morning depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and winter.