Clearing after a Snowfall, Yoshida (Yoshida no yukibare)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1944
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
by Kawase Hasui
Snow scenes represent Hasui's most valuable and technically innovative subject category — he developed specialized carving techniques specifically for depicting falling snow. These subjects carry a consistent 30–50% premium over comparable non-snow designs. Evening Snow at Kambara (a landmark design) achieved $7,200 at Tokyo auction (2024) for a Taisho-era impression. Pine Trees After Snow (first/limited edition) sold for $4,300 at Artelino (2021). Winter Moon over Toyama Moor, combining snow and night effects, reached $3,600 (2022). Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Clearing after a Snowfall at Yoshida, published in 1944, depicts the town of Yoshida — either Yoshida-cho in Shizuoka at the foot of the Fuji region, or another Yoshida settlement — under the clear sky following a snowstorm. The yukibare subject applied to a small town rather than a famous landmark gives the 1944 wartime composition a quiet, domestic quality: the ordinary vernacular architecture of a provincial Japanese town transformed by fresh snow into a composition of pure white and dark timber. The wartime date suggests this was produced during a period of restricted travel when local subjects had to substitute for more distant landscapes.
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.
Clearing after a Snowfall, Yoshida (Yoshida no yukibare) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1944.
Clearing after a Snowfall, Yoshida (Yoshida no yukibare) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Clearing after a Snowfall, Yoshida (Yoshida no yukibare) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1944).
Clearing after a Snowfall, Yoshida (Yoshida no yukibare) depicts snow scenes.
