Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno (Ueno Toshogu no yuki)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- July 1929
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A snow-covered five-story red-and-white pagoda rises against a dark blue-black night sky filled with falling snow, with a bronze lantern and stone lion-dog statue at left and bare, snow-laden trees behind a low fence. In the foreground a single figure in a blue kimono walks along a snow-covered path carrying a round tan umbrella. "Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno (Ueno Toshogu no yuki)," a color woodblock print by Kawase Hasui, 1929.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno (Ueno Toshogu no yuki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in July 1929.
Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno (Ueno Toshogu no yuki) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno (Ueno Toshogu no yuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (July 1929).
Snow at Tosho Shrine, Ueno (Ueno Toshogu no yuki) depicts urban scenes, snow scenes, and temples & shrines, set at Ueno.