Woman walking in the snow at night — 雪裏の佳人
- Date:
- 1897
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Woman Walking in the Snow at Night" (雪裏の佳人 — beautiful woman in the snow, 1897) is among Shuntei's most atmospherically complete compositions: a woman navigating the nighttime snow, the cold darkness around her, her figure a warm point of life against the white expanse. The snow-at-night subject was one of Japanese printmaking's most celebrated atmospheric challenges — rendering darkness and snow simultaneously — and Shuntei approaches it with his characteristic confidence in the expressive potential of well-managed tonal contrast and carefully observed weather conditions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Woman walking in the snow at night — 雪裏の佳人 was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1897.
Woman walking in the snow at night — 雪裏の佳人 depicts snow scenes and night scenes.