After the Snow (Yuki no ato)
by Ito Shinsui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The aftermath of snowfall—Yuki no ato—is rendered here as a landscape (or bijin-ga) that captures the particular hush and brightness of a world blanketed in white. Shinsui returned to snow subjects throughout his career, finding in the season both compositional simplification (the snow erasing detail and unifying surfaces) and emotional intensity. The bokashi gradations in snow prints typically work from the deep sky color down through gradations of pale blue and white to render the dimensional quality of fresh snow.
More Prints by Ito Shinsui
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
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
After the Snow (Yuki no ato) was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
After the Snow (Yuki no ato) uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
After the Snow (Yuki no ato) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
After the Snow (Yuki no ato) depicts snow scenes.