Tenno-Ji in the Sno
by Yuhan Ito
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Snow blankets the grounds of Shitennoji temple in Osaka — here rendered as Tenno-ji — in this winter landscape by Yuhan Ito, the stone lanterns and wooden halls half-buried in white. Snow scenes were a staple of shin-hanga printmaking precisely because the medium could render the gradations of a snow-covered landscape — from stark white to deep shadow — with unusual subtlety. Ito uses the white expanse to impose silence on the composition, turning the ancient urban temple into something austere and remote.
More Prints by Yuhan Ito
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
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
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tenno-Ji in the Sno was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Tenno-Ji in the Sno depicts snow scenes, temples & shrines, and winter.