In the Snow (2)
by Joichi Hoshi
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- japancoll
Description
A woodblock print depicting a figure or scene in snow, the second in what appears to be a series of snow-themed works by Joichi Hoshi. Snow was a recurring subject for Hoshi, whose tree imagery gained particular power when set against white winter fields. The snow simplifies the visual world, reducing competing detail and allowing a single tree trunk or cluster of branches to stand as the image's entire event. Hoshi's printing technique, building rich darks from multiple layers of pigment, creates a velvety depth in the bare wood that contrasts sharply with the blank luminosity of the surrounding snow.
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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
In the Snow (2) was created by Joichi Hoshi (星襄一).
In the Snow (2) depicts snow scenes.