Snow — 雪
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
$1,000–$15,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Kasamatsu's early shin-hanga works (pre-1955) tend to be more valued than his later sosaku-hanga production.
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](/glossary/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.
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.
Snow — 雪 was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Snow — 雪 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Snow — 雪 depicts snow scenes.
