Yushima Tenjin in Snow
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Yushima Tenjin Shrine in snow — the same shrine that Shotei depicted in its spring and autumn characters — appears here transformed by winter, the stone steps and torii gates bearing their snow loads while the plum trees that are the shrine's signature feature stand bare or with the first blossoms pushing through despite the cold. The contrast between the snow-covered shrine and the emerging plum blossoms was a subject of particular aesthetic charge in the Japanese tradition, the first flowers asserting themselves against the last winter weather.
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
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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
Yushima Tenjin in Snow was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Yushima Tenjin in Snow uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Yushima Tenjin in Snow was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Yushima Tenjin in Snow depicts snow scenes.