Pagoda in Snow
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A pagoda stands in a landscape of heavy snow, its architectural form both obscured and accentuated by the white accumulation — each roof bearing a thick cap that extends the horizontal emphasis of the original structure. Shotei's pagoda-in-snow compositions were among his most frequently produced subjects, the combination of the iconic architectural form and the transforming power of winter weather producing results of great visual elegance. The bokashi sky above the snow-laden tower merges into the white of the accumulated snow in the foreground.
More Prints by Takahashi Shotei
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pagoda in Snow was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Pagoda in Snow uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Pagoda in Snow was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Pagoda in Snow depicts snow scenes and pagodas.