Snow at Shibadaimon Gate (Translation)
One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Series Title)
新東京百景 芝大門の雪 (Primary Title)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 (Artist)
Watanabe Shōzaburō 渡邊庄三郎, Japanese, 1885 - 1962 (Publisher)
In this scene, an automobile passes under falling snow through Shiba Daimon Gate at Koyasan, a major 9th-century temple complex in Wakayama Prefecture, some 50 miles south of Osaka. Approaching the gate, a robed figure in sandals shields himself from the weather with an umbrella. The car, a four-door sedan, is perhaps a Ford or Toyota model. Ford and fellow American companies Chrysler and General Motors manufactured over 200,000 automobiles in Japan between 1925 and 1936.
Showa period (1926-1989)
巴水 Hasui
Artist's seal; Publisher's seal Watanabe Shōzaburō
芝大門の雪 昭和十一年二月寫
René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
Brown, Kendall. Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014.
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