Snowy Landscape
by Kubo Shunman
- Date:
- 19th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Source:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
A hooded traveler on foot leads a saddled but riderless dark horse across a snow-covered riverbank, with a low pink-tinged snowy hill dotted with dark shrubs rising behind them and columns of calligraphy filling the upper portion of the sheet. The palette is muted—dusty pink, olive, and grey-brown against unpainted cream paper—with only a small blue and white roundel on the horse's saddle blanket for contrast. This surimono, "Snowy Landscape," was made by Kubo Shunman in 1800 using woodblock printing in ink and color on paper.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snowy Landscape was created by Kubo Shunman (窪俊満) in 19th century.
Snowy Landscape depicts winter.