Winter 2
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Rakuzan's botanical prints are beautifully produced and accessibly priced. Complete series sets are rare and more valuable.
A woodblock print presenting a second winter scene by Tsuchiya Rakuzan, likely featuring bare branches, snow-covered ground, and a hardy bird enduring the coldest months. Rakuzan's winter [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) compositions tend toward restraint, using fewer colors and more open space to evoke the stripped-down clarity of the season. A sparrow fluffed against the cold, a plum branch showing its first buds despite the frost, or a crow stark against a white sky are all subjects Rakuzan explored with equal conviction. Winter demands economy from artist and nature alike, and Rakuzan's prints honor that discipline.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Winter 2 was created by Tsuchiya Rakuzan (土屋楽山).
Winter 2 depicts snow scenes and winter.
