Snow - 雪
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Snow falls in this oban woodblock print, transforming the scene into a study of white against the darker tones of a woman's kimono and hair. Shimura Tatsumi uses the winter weather as both setting and aesthetic device, the falling flakes creating a veil between the viewer and the figure that softens edges and muffles the composition's energy. The woman moves through or stands within the snowfall, her warm presence contrasting with the cold precipitation. Shimura's snow scenes belong to a long lineage in Japanese art, but his particular contribution lies in making the weather an emotional as well as atmospheric presence in his bijin-ga prints.
More Prints by Shimura Tatsumi
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
Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow - 雪 was created by Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美) in Not set.
Snow - 雪 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Snow - 雪 depicts snow scenes.