Snow at Kiba (Kiba no yuki)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1934
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Kiba lumber district in eastern Tokyo appears here under winter snow in this 1934 oban — the floating timber rafts and canal-side lumber sheds capped with white, the dark water of the canal picking up the reflection of snow-covered eaves. The Kiba snow composition shows the same industrial waterway district as Hasui's 1920 dusk print, now in winter and in the larger, more assured oban format of his mature work. By 1934 much of the Kiba lumber trade had declined, giving the snow scene an elegiac quality.
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Kiba (Kiba no yuki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1934.
Snow at Kiba (Kiba no yuki) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Snow at Kiba (Kiba no yuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1934).
Snow at Kiba (Kiba no yuki) depicts snow scenes.