Old Pagoda in Clearing Snow, Mount Koya
- Date:
- 1942
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A pagoda at Kōya-san in the snow — the mountain's sacred complex transformed by winter into a monochrome landscape that matches Hiratsuka's usual palette. The 1942 color woodblock renders the pagoda's characteristic curved eaves and multi-tiered silhouette against clearing snow, the color suggesting the cold blue light of a winter sky opening after snowfall. Mt. Kōya's pagodas were among his most frequently depicted architectural subjects.
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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)"
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Old Pagoda in Clearing Snow, Mount Koya was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1942.
Old Pagoda in Clearing Snow, Mount Koya depicts snow scenes and pagodas.