THREE SNOWY HERONS
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
Three herons in snow — the birds' white forms almost merging with the snowfall that surrounds them, their long legs marking the only distinct vertical lines in an otherwise undifferentiated white landscape — create a composition of extreme formal simplicity and atmospheric power. The repetition of three herons in snow rather than one amplifies the theme: the whiteness of the birds and the whiteness of the snow asserting themselves against each other, the slight tonal differences between heron-white and snow-white defining the animals' presence. Kotozuka handles this demanding monochromatic subject with characteristic restraint.
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.
THREE SNOWY HERONS was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in Not set.
THREE SNOWY HERONS depicts snow scenes.
