Children building snowman
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- wbp
Description
Children in heavy winter clothing build a snowman, their effort and delight captured in Henmi's woodblock. The subject combines two of the artist's recurring interests: the human figure in landscape, and the seasonal drama of snow. Children building snowmen was a beloved winter genre subject in Japanese prints, the activity understood as both a specific childhood joy and a seasonal emblem. Henmi's sosaku-hanga approach brings a personal, observed quality to the familiar subject, grounding it in specific gesture and place.
More Prints by Henmi Takashi
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
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Children building snowman was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Children building snowman depicts snow scenes, children, and architecture.