Snow — 雪
by Ito Shinsui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A simple rendering of snow—雪—as both landscape condition and atmospheric state occupies this undated print, the single-character Japanese title directing attention to the phenomenon itself rather than to any specific scene within it. Shinsui's snow prints range from the grand landscape of after-snowfall to intimate bijin-ga of women in snow, and this work titled simply "Snow" may belong to either tradition. The bokashi gradations that characterized all his snow work build the cold blue-white luminosity of a snowy day.
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
Snow — 雪 was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
Snow — 雪 uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Snow — 雪 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Snow — 雪 depicts snow scenes.