Spring Snow
by Ito Nisaburo
Description
Spring Snow — haru yuki — is one of the most poetically charged subjects in the Japanese seasonal calendar: late snowfall arriving after the plum and early cherry have already bloomed, creating the paradox of winter's persistence against spring's advance. Spring snow is associated with a sweet melancholy — the blossoms bent under wet white weight, the color of petals against the grey sky of a late spring storm. Nisaburo's print likely captures this atmospheric moment in a specific Kyoto or Nara setting where temple architecture and spring blossoms are framed by late snowfall.
More Prints by Ito Nisaburo
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
Spring Snow was created by Ito Nisaburo (伊藤仁三郎).
Spring Snow depicts snow scenes and spring.