The Inokashira Benten Shrine in Snow (Shato no yuki)
Shato no yuki
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 39.5 × 27.6 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
Hasui depicts the Inokashira Benten Shrine under a mantle of snow in this standalone Tokyo-area composition. Lifetime editions bring $600-$3,000. The Inokashira area, on the western edge of Tokyo, offered a more suburban character than Hasui's central Tokyo subjects. Snow enveloping the shrine and its surrounding pond creates a scene of quiet spiritual beauty that resonates with collectors.
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