Winter in Yamasato

A bare persimmon tree with a black trunk and branches, hung with a scattering of small orange fruit, stands before a heavily snow-covered thatched roof; a stone lantern-like chimney cap pokes through the snow at upper left. Beyond, a dark stand of trees and two smaller snow-capped roofs with a lamppost recede toward the right under a grey sky. The palette is restricted to grey, white, black, and cream paper with the orange persimmons as the sole warm accent; a red seal appears at lower right beside the artist's signature and title inscription. Mokuhanga woodblock print, "Winter in Yamasato," by Tatsuo Kawashima.