Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 99597
Snow at Hiunkaku, Nishihonganji Temple, Kyoto
- Artist / 作者
- Asano Takeji浅野竹二
- Date / 年代
- 1953
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1200 × 792 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 水野ナギ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Japanese Woodblock by Asano ‘Snow at Hiunkaku” (1950’s) A beautiful, quiet snowscene titled in both Japanese kanji (left margin) as “Hiunkaku Yuki” and in English at bottom as “Snow in Hiunkasu, Nishihonganji Temple, Kyoto” by Takeji Asano (1900-??). Asano, who also excelled as a carver, is known for having produced several series of prints depicting the Kyoto area of Japan. Bears artist’s signature of “Takaji ga” lower right corner of image. Print bears Unsodo’s Publisher’s rectangular seal in right margin along with the carver/printer seals of Okura/Shinmi. Print itself is undated, however Okura (carver) is known to have worked for Unsodo during the 1950’s, and Shinmi (printer) is current…
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