Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twelve Scenes of Tokyo
- Date:
- 1920
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Evening Snow at Terajima Village, from the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series published in 1920, depicts the rural settlement of Terajima in what is now the Mukojima district of Sumida ward — then a village on the eastern fringe of Tokyo, its farmhouses and temple precincts lying across the Sumida River from the main city. The falling snow softens the outlines of the village rooftops and fields, and the "evening" in the title places the composition in the gray half-light where snow continues to fall and the day's color drains away. This is one of Hasui's earliest snow-village compositions, establishing the vocabulary of the falling-snow rural scene he would refine across his career.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1920.
Yes — Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series by Kawase Hasui.
Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).
Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" depicts edo & tokyo, snow scenes, and night scenes, set at Tokyo.