Fuji in Snow
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Mount Fuji in heavy snow reduces the volcanic cone to its most fundamental form — a white triangle against a pale grey or blue sky, all surface detail buried under the accumulated snowfall. Shotei's snow Fuji compositions approach the abstraction that the mountain's geometric profile always implied, the seasonal transformation stripping away the texture of rock and vegetation to leave pure shape. The bokashi gradation of sky and snow merges upper and lower zones into a composition of extraordinary simplicity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fuji in Snow was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Fuji in Snow uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Fuji in Snow was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Fuji in Snow depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.