Snow at Miyajima
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The great torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine at Miyajima, normally celebrated for its summer and autumn beauty, appears here transformed by snow — the vermilion lacquer stark against white fields and grey winter water, the pine-clad hills behind the island dusted with snow. Koitsu uses the winter palette to strip away the shrine's usual touristic associations and reveal an older, more austere sacred beauty. The snow-covered torii floating in still winter water is one of the most quietly powerful images in his catalog.
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Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Miyajima was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸).
Snow at Miyajima uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Snow at Miyajima was published by Doi Sadaichi.
Snow at Miyajima depicts snow scenes, set at Miyajima.