$200–$2,000. Temple scenes are among the most popular subjects for this artist. Good temple/garden scenes: $600–$1,200. Key value factors: Ito Nisaburo's Kyoto prints are popular and accessible. Night scenes, snow views, and cherry blossom compositions command premiums.
Snowy Temple Garden — a Kyoto temple precincts under fresh snowfall, the garden's carefully arranged stones and pruned trees transformed by white accumulation into a different kind of composition. In Japan's Zen tradition, snow in the garden is not an intrusion but a seasonal form that the garden takes — the raked gravel covered, the stone lanterns capped, the moss cushions softened under white weight. Nisaburo's snow garden captures the particular stillness that snow brings to spaces already designed for contemplative silence.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Snowy Temple Garden was created by Ito Nisaburo (伊藤仁三郎).
Snowy Temple Garden depicts snow scenes, temples & shrines, and gardens.
