A torii gate stands amid snowfall at the Nikko Toshogu complex, the Tokugawa mausoleum north of Tokyo. Snow-laden torii are a recurring motif in early Showa printmaking, and Koizumi's treatment likely uses the unprinted [washi](/glossary/washi) to suggest accumulated snow, with [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations describing the leaden sky and the snow-drifted ground. The torii itself would appear in flat vermillion or cinnabar against the muted winter palette. While Nikko falls outside the strict topographic frame of One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo, the destination held national religious significance and was a recurring subject across both [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) and [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) circles. As elsewhere, Koizumi cut and printed every block himself. The composition belongs to the broader category of yuki-no-kei — snow views — that links his work to Kawase Hasui and earlier landscape designers who used winter to test the woodblock's atmospheric range.
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
![Kiba Lumberyard along the River at Fukugawa (New Edition) [Fukagawa-ku, kiba no kawasuji (shinpan)], from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" by Kishio Koizumi](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f6380c15-6d23-c26a-899d-08ead4db792b/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1940
Color woodblock print; oban
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.
Torii In the snow at Nikko was created by Kishio Koizumi (小泉癸巳男).
Torii In the snow at Nikko depicts snow scenes, temples & shrines, and torii gates.