Shotei's landscapes are his most widely available works. Signed lifetime editions with strong color and condition represent good collector value. Post-earthquake reprints lacking signatures and seals are common and trade at lower prices.
Snow falls heavily over the Edo River, obscuring the far bank in a white curtain of flakes. Boats are moored along the near shore, their dark forms partially covered with accumulating snow. The scene captures the quiet, muffled quality of a heavy snowfall, with visibility reduced to a few dozen yards and the entire landscape gradually disappearing under white.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Snowfall at Edo River (江戸川の雪) was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in c. 1924.
Snowfall at Edo River was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (c. 1924).
Snowfall at Edo River depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and rivers & lakes, set at Tokyo.
