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Snow (Yuki) by Torii Kotondo — Japanese Woodblock Print, 1929

Snow (Yuki)

by Torii Kotondo

Date:
1929
Medium:
Woodblock Print
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Description

A woman in profile with elaborately styled black hair kneels beside a low table or kotatsu draped in a patterned quilt of blue, pink, and white asterisk-motif fabric, her hands clasped near her chin. She wears a black outer robe with a striped indigo-and-white collar and a green under-layer visible at the hem, set against a shoji screen window showing a faint landscape beyond, with a brown wall panel to the right bearing the artist's signature and seal. The palette is dominated by black, indigo, and soft pink, giving the scene a quiet, contemplative mood; per the accompanying facts, this is Torii Kotondo's 1929 woodblock print "Snow (Yuki)."

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Frequently Asked Questions

Snow (Yuki) was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1929.

Snow (Yuki) depicts snow scenes.