Ueno's Tōshō-gū shrine — one of the oldest Tokugawa-era monuments in Tokyo — is buried under heavy snowfall in this undated woodblock print. The vermilion lacquer of the shrine buildings glows warmly against the white-laden branches of the surrounding cryptomeria trees, a contrast Kiyochika heightens by rendering the sky as a flat, pale grey. Snow scenes at Tokyo's historic shrines were a favourite subject in the meisho genre, and Kiyochika brings to the format his characteristic sensitivity to ambient light.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Picture of Deep Snow at Tosho Shrine at Ueno was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
A Picture of Deep Snow at Tosho Shrine at Ueno depicts urban scenes, snow scenes, and temples & shrines, set at Ueno.
