Winter in Giö-ji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Winter in Gioji—the moss-garden temple in Sagano where the ruined courtesan Gio became a nun—gives Saito's most atmospheric Kyoto subject its most austere seasonal treatment. The famous moss garden, usually rendered in its summer green lushness, under winter conditions presents a different visual problem: dormant moss, bare maples, the thatched hall roof perhaps carrying a light snow, the garden's structure visible through the absence of its usual rich surface growth.
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.
Winter in Giö-ji was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Winter in Giö-ji depicts snow scenes and winter.
