Ryōgoku in Snow
- Date:
- 1877
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 × 34.6 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Ryōgoku in snow — the great entertainment and commercial district that flanked the Sumida River on both banks, famous for its summer fireworks and year-round markets — is depicted in this early 1877 nishiki-e as the city lies blanketed in winter. The snow muffles the usually raucous district into a quiet, the Ryōgoku Bridge visible through falling flakes, its wooden structure whitened. This is among Kiyochika's earliest works in his characteristic atmospheric mode, already demonstrating the control of winter light that would define his mature landscape output.
More Prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
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)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ryōgoku in Snow was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1877.
Ryōgoku in Snow depicts snow scenes.
Ryōgoku in Snow measures 23.5 × 34.6 cm (Oban format).