Snow at Sakurada
- Date:
- 1920s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 25 × 18.3 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Snow falls on Sakurada — a district near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, associated with one of the most dramatic events in Japanese history, the assassination of Ii Naosuke at the Sakurada Gate in 1860. Shotei's 1920s treatment renders the area's atmosphere of historical weight under a softening blanket of fresh snow, the winter precipitation both covering and preserving the landscape's layered significance. The snow-at-Sakurada subject invited the kind of historical reverie that Japanese landscape art often accommodated.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Sakurada was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in 1920s.
Snow at Sakurada uses Bokashi, on woodblock print, ink and color on paper.
Snow at Sakurada was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920s).
Snow at Sakurada depicts snow scenes.
Snow at Sakurada measures 25 × 18.3 cm (Oban format).