Peddler in the Snow
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A peddler trudges through falling snow, bundled in a pale hooded coat, carrying two covered baskets balanced on a pole across the shoulders. Behind, a second figure follows under an open red-orange umbrella. The scene is rendered in muted grays and blues with driving diagonal snow streaks against a dark ground, evoking a cold, quiet winter errand.
Kawase Hasui, "Peddler in the Snow," woodblock print.
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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
Peddler in the Snow was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Peddler in the Snow depicts snow scenes.