Snow in Yuki Shrine
由岐神社雪
by Takeji Asano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- Ukiyo-e.org (via Artelino)
Description
Snow in Yuki Shrine presents the small Shinto shrine on the grounds of Kurama Temple north of Kyoto — the Yuki-jinja, dedicated to the Yuki Myojin deity — in a condition particularly resonant with its name: yuki means snow. The shrine's annual Hi-matsuri (Fire Festival) in October was famous throughout Kyoto, but Asano's winter view captured a quieter, more austere aspect of this mountain precinct, the shrine buildings and their surrounding cedar forest transformed by the season's white silence. The coincidence of the shrine's name with its depicted condition gave the composition an additional poetic dimension.
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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
Snow in Yuki Shrine (由岐神社雪) was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Snow in Yuki Shrine uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Snow in Yuki Shrine was published by Unsodo.
Snow in Yuki Shrine depicts snow scenes and temples & shrines.