Snow at Zojoji Temple
Kawase Hasui Catalogue

Snow at Zojoji Temple - Kawase Hasui Catalogue woodblock print
Artist
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水
English title
Snow at Zojoji Temple
Japanese title
増上寺の雪
Series
Date
Medium
Colour woodblock print on paper
Paper size (h × w)
Dai oban 大大判
36.3 × 47.2 cm
Image size (h × w)
33.8 × 43.9 cm
First edition seal
No publisher seal
Subsequent seals
Edition size
250
Post-war printed
Yes
Posthumously printed
No
Publisher
Watanabe Shozaburo 渡邊庄三郎
Carver
Sato Jurokichi
Printer
Ono Gintaro
Subjects
Snow
Shrines and Temples
Tokyo 東京
Automobiles
Remarks
Sketched January 1953 and published September 1953.
Commissioned by the Japanese Government following the designation of woodblock printmaking as an Intangible Cultural Asset.
The blocks and process set are held in the Tokyo National Museum - 9 double-sided blocks and 42 printing impressions.
Catalogue number
KH644
Supplementary images