Snow hare 63/300
- Date:
- 1942
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art of Japan
$1,500–$10,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Settai's literary elegance and refined technique have a niche but devoted following among collectors of Japanese aestheticism.
A white hare sits amid a snow-covered landscape in this 1942 oban woodblock print, numbered 63 from an edition of 300 copies. The snow hare, its winter coat blending with the frozen ground, embodies the Japanese aesthetic appreciation for creatures perfectly adapted to their seasonal environment. Komura Settai renders the scene with minimal color, relying on the white of the paper for both snow and fur, distinguishing the two through subtle carved lines and faint tonal differences. The limited edition numbering indicates this was produced as a collectible art print rather than a mass-market publication. Settai's treatment transforms a simple animal study into a meditation on camouflage, stillness, and the sparse beauty of winter.
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.
Snow hare 63/300 was created by Komura Settai (小村雪岱) in 1942.
Snow hare 63/300 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1942).
Snow hare 63/300 depicts snow scenes.
