Unknown- Red Temple Gate in Snow
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A snow-covered temple complex centers on a red torii-style gate hung with a large shimenawa rope, flanked by white plaster walls and dark tiled roofloads of snow. In the foreground, two figures in pale blue robes shelter under red-orange umbrellas as snow falls against a grey sky. Kawase Hasui, woodblock print, "Red Temple Gate in Snow" (date unknown).
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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
Unknown- Red Temple Gate in Snow was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Unknown- Red Temple Gate in Snow depicts snow scenes.