Artist: Ito Takashi
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Snow
Edition: First
Date: 1933
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: Printed to Perfection Twentieth-century - Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection
Size: 15 -1/2 x 10 -1/4 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
The composition depicts an idyllic winter landscape featuring a lone house nestled amidst heavy, deep snow. In the background, the majestic, snow-capped peaks of Mount Myōkō are illuminated by the soft, vibrant glow of the rising morning sun. The artist uses highly nuanced color gradations (bokashi) and textures that closely resemble fluid brushstroke watercolor paintings to convey depth, atmospheric light, and the quiet serenity of a winter dawn.
Mount Myōkō is an active stratovolcano in Honshu, Japan. It is situated at the southwest of Myōkō city, Niigata Prefecture, and a part of Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park. Mount Myōkō is listed as one of 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and together with Mount Yahiko, it is well known as the "famous mountain" of Niigata Prefecture.