
Kyoto Snowfall- LE
by Sarah Brayer
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This limited edition mokuhanga print captures a Kyoto snowfall, a subject that connects Brayer to the long tradition of snow scenes in Japanese art while allowing her to apply her signature abstract treatment. Kyoto's snowfalls are typically light and fleeting, transforming the city for a few hours before melting. Brayer seizes this brevity, rendering the snow not as a settled condition but as an active event, with white particles suspended in air and accumulating on surfaces. The limited edition designation indicates a smaller print run than her standard editions, suggesting that this may represent a particularly refined or experimental printing approach. The soft tonal range of a snow-covered city, all whites, grays, and muted warm tones where interiors glow through the storm, aligns naturally with Brayer's palette.
More Prints by Sarah Brayer
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print

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
Color woodblock print; oban

Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
Kyoto Snowfall- LE was created by Sarah Brayer in Not set.
Kyoto Snowfall- LE depicts snow scenes, set at Kyoto.



