Snow at Miyajima Shrine
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1930s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.3 × 23.7 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Miyajima Shrine in snow is among Hasui's most atmospheric compositions — the floating torii and the shrine's vermillion corridors emerging from a landscape of white, the Hiroshima bay beyond still and grey under a snowfall sky. This 1930s print captures the rare condition of actual snowfall at Miyajima, where the mild Seto Inland Sea climate makes heavy snow unusual. The combination of familiar monumental architecture and the defamiliarizing effect of deep snow gave the composition its power.
More Prints by Kawase Hasui
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
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)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Miyajima Shrine was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930s.
Snow at Miyajima Shrine uses Bokashi, on woodblock print, ink and color on paper.
Snow at Miyajima Shrine was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930s).
Snow at Miyajima Shrine depicts snow scenes and temples & shrines, set at Miyajima.
Snow at Miyajima Shrine measures 36.3 × 23.7 cm (Oban format).