Snow at Yomei Gate
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Snow blankets the Yomeimon Gate at Nikko — the gate's elaborate polychrome carvings of dragons, phoenixes, and heavenly beings softened beneath a white accumulation that paradoxically simplifies what is otherwise Japan's most ornate architectural surface. Kasamatsu's Yomeimon snow print was among his most celebrated subjects, the contrast between the gate's festive complexity and the snow's austerity creating an image of unusual formal tension. The gate's nickname — Higurashimon, the "twilight gate" — implies a contemplation the snow view extends into winter.
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Yomei Gate was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Snow at Yomei Gate uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Snow at Yomei Gate was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Snow at Yomei Gate depicts snow scenes and architecture.