$200–$2,000. Temple scenes are among the most popular subjects for this artist. Good temple/seasonal scenes: $500–$1,200. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
A torii gate in winter — the great vermilion gateway of a Shinto shrine standing in a landscape of fallen snow, its horizontal crossbeam bearing an accumulation of white — creates a composition of formal simplicity and seasonal silence. The torii in snow is one of the most immediately evocative images in Japanese landscape art: the combination of the gate's sacred function and the snow's equalizing transformative power creates an atmosphere in which the religious and the natural seem to speak the same language. Kotozuka's treatment of this subject captures the stillness of a snowy shrine approach.
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.
Torii Gate in Winter was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in Not set.
Torii Gate in Winter depicts snow scenes, torii gates, and architecture.
