Temple in Snow
by Takeji Asano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- Ukiyo-e.org (via Artelino)
Description
Temple in Snow is among Asano's more generalized titles for his winter sacred architecture subjects — presenting a temple building without the specific identification of most of his topographically labeled prints. This may indicate a composite or idealized subject, or a specific temple whose identification was uncertain at the time of cataloguing. Whatever its specific referent, the composition embodies his sustained engagement with the way snowfall transformed the appearance of Japanese sacred buildings, replacing their characteristic precision with a softened, muffled beauty.
More Prints by Takeji Asano
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
Temple in Snow was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Temple in Snow uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Temple in Snow was published by Unsodo.
Temple in Snow depicts snow scenes and temples & shrines.