Sekigahara in Snow (Yuki no Sekigahara)
- Date:
- 1976
- Medium:
- Etching
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Sekigahara, site of the decisive 1600 battle that established the Tokugawa shogunate, is depicted here under a blanket of snow that stills the landscape and obscures the historical violence embedded in its geography. Tanaka's 1976 etching makes no reference to the battlefield's martial history; instead, snow transforms the wide valley floor into a study in quietude, the white expanse interrupted only by the dark verticals of trees and the low rooflines of surviving settlements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sekigahara in Snow (Yuki no Sekigahara) was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1976.
Sekigahara in Snow (Yuki no Sekigahara) uses Etching, on etching.
Sekigahara in Snow (Yuki no Sekigahara) depicts snow scenes.