Snow and night scenes traditionally command higher prices. Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
Yasaka Shrine in the Gion district of Kyoto after a snowfall — the historic shrine complex, which dates to the seventh century and presides over the Gion Festival, rendered in the silent, white transformation of post-snowfall. The combination of Kyoto's historic religious architecture and fresh snow was one of the most frequently depicted subjects in Japanese printmaking, the white expanse of snow making the vermilion of shrine gates and the dark wood of shrine buildings more vivid by contrast. Henmi's version brings his sosaku-hanga sensibility to this classic subject.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
After a Snowfall, Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
After a Snowfall, Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto depicts snow scenes and temples & shrines, set at Kyoto.
