M35- Spring Snow
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Catalog number M35 renders spring snow — the wet, heavy snow that falls in March and April on landscapes already beginning to show the first signs of renewal. The spring snow composition exploited the contrast between the tender new growth that preceded it and the returning winter conditions, making it one of the most emotionally complex seasonal subjects in Japanese art. Shotei's bokashi treatment of the falling or fallen spring snow used the heavy, wet quality of the precipitation to soften and unify the composition.
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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
M35- Spring Snow was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
M35- Spring Snow uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
M35- Spring Snow was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
M35- Spring Snow depicts snow scenes and spring.