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Snow at Zojoji Temple (Yuki no Zojoji)

雪の増上寺

1929

Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水

(Japanese, 1883–1957)
Culture
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
Medium
watercolor with white paint over graphite
Support
European wove paper with watermark
Measurements
Sheet: 27.7 x 38 cm (10 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.); Image: 24.3 x 36.2 cm (9 9/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2001.145
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Hasui said, "I do not paint subjective impressions. My work is based on reality." However, he also admitted, "I cannot falsify...[but] I can simplify...I make mental impressions of the light and color at the time of the sketching. While coloring the sketch, I am already imagining the effects in a woodblock print." Hasui’s methods resemble the ukiyo-e printmakers he sought to emulate and also indicate the extent to which these artists portrayed reality as they understood it.

Snow at Zojoji Temple (Yuki no Zojoji)

1929

Kawase Hasui

(Japanese, 1883–1957)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)

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