Snow in Takehara
Description
Takehara, an exceptionally well-preserved historic merchant town in Hiroshima Prefecture, is depicted under winter snow — the white accumulation on rooftiles and in the spaces between the town's characteristic Edo-period kura merchant houses creating the simplified palette and bold contrasts of Nishijima's finest winter subjects. The town's unusual degree of architectural preservation, combined with the compositional gifts of a winter snowfall, gave the artist a subject where historical integrity and atmospheric drama were perfectly combined.
More Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Snow in Takehara was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
Snow in Takehara depicts snow scenes.