Winter in Giö-ji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Description
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.
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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
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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
Winter in Giö-ji was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Winter in Giö-ji depicts snow scenes and winter.