Snowy Mountain Village
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Snowy Mountain Village combines two of Azechi's most characteristic subject types—the snow-covered mountain and the inhabited village—in a single composition that showed the human community within its alpine environment. The village under snow had its own formal beauty: rooftops unified by their white burden, the geometric forms of domestic architecture simplified by accumulation, the human settlement made more compact and legible by winter's reduction of surface detail. Mountain and village together showed the full vertical range of the world he depicted.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Snowy Mountain Village was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Snowy Mountain Village depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and mountains.