Snow-Storm at Tsukishima
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A lone figure in a dark coat walks along a snow-covered embankment beside the water, holding an umbrella against wind-driven snow rendered as fine diagonal streaks across the sky. Snow blankets the rooftops, a stone lantern, and utility poles lining the path, with the print's palette limited to muted greys, whites, and blacks. Kawase Hasui's woodblock print "Snow-Storm at Tsukishima" captures the scene in dim, overcast light with the water fading into haze at the horizon.
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Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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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)"
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow-Storm at Tsukishima was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Snow-Storm at Tsukishima depicts snow scenes.