Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki (Hie jinja))
Shato no yuki (Hie jinja
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Snow at Hie Shrine, published in 1931, depicts the Hie Jinja — the Sanno shrine on Nagatacho's hilltop in central Tokyo, approached by a famous staircase lined with red torii gates — under deep snowfall that whitens its stone lanterns and sacred grove. The Hie shrine, patron deity of Edo/Tokyo since the Tokugawa period, occupies an elevated wooded precinct in the middle of the city's government district, and its snow-covered approach creates one of Tokyo's most theatrically beautiful winter scenes. The oban format and bokashi sky give this acclaimed snow subject the compositional spaciousness it demands.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki (Hie jinja)) (Shato no yuki (Hie jinja) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1931.
Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki (Hie jinja)) uses Bokashi, Karazuri, and Nishiki-e, on color woodblock print; oban.
Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki (Hie jinja)) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1931).
Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki (Hie jinja)) depicts snow scenes and temples & shrines.