Snow at Zojoji Temple (Shiba Zojoji) is the single most celebrated Hasui design, combining his premier subject (snow scenes) with Tokyo's most iconic shin-hanga temple. Early impressions regularly achieve $10,000–$16,000 at auction; one sold at Artelino for $16,000 (August 2023). An impression sold at Kavanagh Auctions for CAD $5,600 (~$4,200 USD) in 2021. The 2,500+ initial impressions were printed in multiple editions — condition and edition period dramatically affect price. Christie's achieved $27,720 for a premium lot in September 2024.
Zojoji Temple in Shiba under snow is perhaps the definitive Hasui urban snow composition — the great three-tiered Sangedatsumon gate emerging from a snowfall, the temple grounds silent and white, the distant outline of Tokyo Tower's predecessor hills visible beyond. This 1922 oban established the template for his subsequent Tokyo snow work: a monumental gate or architectural element in the foreground, the snow transforming the space around it into pure form, the sky pale above. The print is among the most reproduced of his entire output.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Snow at Zojo Temple (Yuki no Zojoji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1922.
Snow at Zojo Temple (Yuki no Zojoji) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Snow at Zojo Temple (Yuki no Zojoji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1922).
Snow at Zojo Temple (Yuki no Zojoji) depicts snow scenes and temples & shrines.
