Snow at Mukojima (Yuki no Mukojima)
Yuki no Mukojima
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- December 1931
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24 × 36.3 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
Hasui captures the riverside district of Mukojima under a blanket of fresh snow. Lifetime editions range from $600-$2,500. Mukojima, on the east bank of the Sumida River, was a traditional pleasure district that Hasui depicted with nostalgic warmth. Snow scenes from Tokyo neighborhoods carry both aesthetic and documentary value as records of a vanishing cityscape.
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