Boat Snow
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A snow-covered wooden boat rests moored beside a low dock, its mast rising bare against a dark, snow-flecked sky. Snow blankets the boat's hull, the dock, and the far bank, where a cluster of trees and rooftops sits under a heavy white cover, all rendered in muted blues, grays, and blacks with white snowflakes dotting the composition. No human figures appear in the scene, which is dominated by stillness and the silence of a snowy waterside evening. Woodblock print by Kawase Hasui, titled "Boat Snow"; year unknown.
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Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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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)"
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Boat Snow was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Boat Snow depicts snow scenes.