Snowstorm
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A woman leans forward against falling snow, one arm raised to clutch a green kimono patterned with small pale motifs tightly around her shoulders and lower face, its red and white striped underlayer visible at the sleeve and hem. She wears a deep purple hood drawn over her hair, with a decorative pin or comb protruding at the crown, and her eyes are lowered against the weather; the background is a flat grey-blue field dotted with irregular white and grey snowflakes, and a red seal appears in the lower right corner. Sentaro Iwata's woodblock print "Snowstorm" (date unknown) is rendered in flat, bold color areas with minimal linework.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snowstorm was created by Sentaro Iwata (岩田専太郎).
Snowstorm depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and winter.