Umbrellas in Snow
by Ohara Koson
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 38.5 × 25.5 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Description
Figures huddled under umbrellas in snowfall — a rare departure from Koson's animal and bird subjects into the human figure. The 1931 date places this among his late works, and the snow scene subject connects it to the broader shin-hanga tradition's love of atmospheric winter conditions. The umbrellas' round forms create circular shapes against the falling snow, and the figures beneath them are rendered with the same careful attention to posture and silhouette that he brings to birds in comparable weather conditions.
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More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Umbrellas in Snow was created by Ohara Koson (小原古邨) in 1931.
Umbrellas in Snow uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Umbrellas in Snow was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1931).
Umbrellas in Snow depicts snow scenes.
Umbrellas in Snow measures 38.5 × 25.5 cm (Oban format).