Snow — 雪
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Snow — simply 雪, the single character — accumulates on a Japanese landscape or architectural subject, the word itself carrying the weight of an entire aesthetic tradition in which snow transforms the visible world into a subject of contemplation. Kasamatsu's snow prints were among the most admired in the shin-hanga tradition, and this work — whatever its specific subject — is likely a study in the particular quality of snowlight: the way white ground reflects white sky and eliminates shadow, creating a world of pure form.
More Prints by Shiro Kasamatsu
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow — 雪 was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Snow — 雪 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Snow — 雪 depicts snow scenes.