A print depicting snow at Shinobazu Pond — the famous lotus pond in Ueno Park transformed by winter into a different kind of landscape, its summer abundance of lotus and waterfowl replaced by the quiet austerity of snow and ice. Snow scenes at famous places were a well-established genre in Japanese print art, and Shinobazu Pond's winter state offered Chikanobu a subject that combined topographic specificity with the aesthetic pleasure of winter scenery. The print likely depicts figures bundled against the cold viewing the snowy pond from the surrounding banks.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Snow at Shinobazu was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Snow at Shinobazu depicts snow scenes.