Winter's Day — 冬の日
by Sano Seiji
- Date:
- 1999
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Sano Seiji
$300–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Sano's landscape prints are modestly priced and accessible to collectors.
A winter day stripped of drama: no blizzard, no deep drifts, just the flat gray light and bare branches of a cold season at rest. Sano's 1999 [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print renders the subdued palette of winter when snow is absent or thin, and the landscape reverts to browns, grays, and muted greens. The composition is horizontal and calm, with a low horizon line that gives the overcast sky room to press downward. The Japanese subtitle (冬の日) is deliberately plain, naming nothing more specific than a winter day, and the print follows that simplicity. There is no famous site or picturesque snowfall to anchor interest, only the quiet visual truth of a season between events.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Winter's Day — 冬の日 was created by Sano Seiji (佐野精二) in 1999.
Winter's Day — 冬の日 depicts snow scenes and winter.
