The Second Month, Matsuchiyama in Snow at Dusk
- Date:
- March 1896
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.2 × 70.5 cm
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Matsuchiyama — the sacred hill topped by Shōten-ji temple in Asakusa, famed for its association with the Kangiten deity — is depicted in this March 1896 nishiki-e at the second month of the lunar calendar, still in winter snow at dusk. The purplish sky of approaching night contrasts with the white-covered hill and the distant rooftops of the city below, creating the kind of precisely calibrated dusk composition that was among Kiyochika's most technically demanding. The seasonal date — second lunar month, before spring equinox — specifies the print's place in the annual cycle of Tokyo landscape imagery.
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
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
The Second Month, Matsuchiyama in Snow at Dusk was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in March 1896.
The Second Month, Matsuchiyama in Snow at Dusk depicts snow scenes and night scenes.
The Second Month, Matsuchiyama in Snow at Dusk measures 36.2 × 70.5 cm (Oban format).