Yuki Shrine, nestled in the mountains near Kurama north of Kyoto, is shown here in its most fitting season — the shrine's name itself means "snow." This charming coincidence of name and subject gives the print added collector appeal. Prices typically range from $150-$450, with the intimate mountain shrine setting providing a quieter alternative to Asano's grand temple views.
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.
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.
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.
