Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)"
Nakazato no yuki
- Series:
- Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (print 3 of 12)
- Date:
- 1928
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; double oban
- Format:
- Double Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.7 × 51.4 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A snow-covered thatched-roof house sits at the center of the composition, its dark timber façade and lattice windows exposed beneath a thick white blanket on the roof, flanked by snow-laden trees and shrubs rendered in fine, dense linework. The palette is almost monochrome — muted grays and browns against the cream of the paper, with soft, hazy trees receding into the background under an empty pale sky. A low stone or wood post and additional snow-covered foliage line the foreground path, and the scene carries a quiet, hushed stillness with no figures present. Hiroshi Yoshida, "Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki)," from the series *Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)*, 1928, color woodblock print, double ōban.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" (Nakazato no yuki) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1928.
Yes — Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series (print 3 of 12) by Hiroshi Yoshida.
Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; double oban.
Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" was published by Yoshida Studio (1928).
Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" depicts edo & tokyo and snow scenes, set at Tokyo.
Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" measures 36.7 × 51.4 cm (Double Oban format).