Snow
雪
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 41.1 × 26.4 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Description
A woman with elaborately styled black hair kneels in profile beside a paper-paned window, chin resting on her folded hands as she gazes out at a snowy landscape beyond the glass. She wears a heavy black outer robe over a red, blue, and white asanoha-patterned kimono and a striped collar, with pale green fabric visible at her feet. The palette is muted — black, cream, and warm brown in the interior set against the soft grey-white of the falling snow — giving the scene a quiet, contemplative mood. Torii Kotondo, "Snow," 1929, color woodblock print.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow (雪) was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1929.
Snow was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1929).
Snow depicts snow scenes.
Snow measures 41.1 × 26.4 cm (Oban format).