The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 15, 2025

Snowman, from Children Playing

1907

Yamamoto Shōun

(Japanese, 1870–1965)
published by

It. Matsuki, Tokyo

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 24.6 x 36.5 cm (9 11/16 x 14 3/8 in.); Image: 20.4 x 30.2 cm (8 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Gift of Frederick, Tina, and Zoe Zwegat 2003.413
Location: Not on view

Description

This print depicts children at play in the snow. Yamamoto Shōun appears to have created more than two dozen prints on the theme of children playing from 1906 to 1907.
  • ?-2003
    Frederick and Tina Zwegat, Oberlin, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Modern Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2022-June 18, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Snowman, from Children Playing|url=false|author=Yamamoto Shōun, It. Matsuki, Tokyo|year=1907|access-date=15 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.413