After the Snow (Yuki no ato)
by Ito Shinsui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
by Ito Shinsui
Though best known for bijin-ga, Shinsui also produced landscape prints of great refinement. These typically trade at lower prices than his figure subjects but attract collectors seeking less competition.
The aftermath of snowfall—Yuki no ato—is rendered here as a landscape (or [bijin-ga](/glossary/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](/glossary/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.
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.
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.
