Snow at Ukimido, Katata
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Ukimido — the "Floating Temple" — at Katata on the northwestern shore of Lake Biwa stands on wooden piles in the shallow water, its small hall appearing to float on the lake's surface. The structure became one of the eight classical views of Lake Biwa as codified by medieval poets and painters. Koitsu renders the view under a blanket of snow, the white-roofed hall rising from a snow-covered lake, the grey winter sky pressing low over the water. The image achieves the classical snow-water-sky simplicity that Japanese aesthetic theory most prized.
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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)"
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow at Ukimido, Katata was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸).
Snow at Ukimido, Katata uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Snow at Ukimido, Katata was published by Doi Sadaichi.
Snow at Ukimido, Katata depicts snow scenes.