$300–$3,000. Common illustrations: $300–$800. Key value factors: Iwata's stylish modern women prints bridge illustration and fine art. Original prints command more than reproductions.
Blizzard is an [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print that confronts weather at its most dramatic. Unlike the gentle snow scenes common in Japanese printmaking, a blizzard implies violence, reduced visibility, and physical struggle against wind-driven snow. Iwata translates this fury into the flat planes and registered colors of the woodblock medium, a technical challenge since the medium favors clarity over chaos. The success of such a print depends on making carved and pressed marks feel wild, turning the precision of the printmaking process against its own orderly nature to convey the disorientation of a whiteout.
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.
Blizzard was created by Sentaro Iwata (岩田専太郎).
Blizzard depicts snow scenes.
