Spring Snow in Kamitakachi, Itō Takashi

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Itō Takashi, Spring Snow in Kamitakachi
Itō Takashi, Spring Snow in Kamitakachi
Itō Takashi
Spring Snow in Kamitakachi
1932, 6th month, Showa period (1926–1989)
Itō Takashi
1894–1982
Spring Snow in Kamitakachi, 1932, 6th month, Showa period (1926–1989)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 366 x 240 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 7/16 x 9 7/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 395 x 263 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 15 9/16 x 10 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Fina C. Ott
Accession number: 1979.0179
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Exhibition Label: "Tradition and Modernity: Japanese Art of the Early Twentieth Century," Jan-2005, Hillary Pedersen Although schooled in nihonga (“Japanese style painting”), Itō primarily produced landscape prints. Depiction of landscape for its own sake, not simply as the background for human activity, became common with the introduction of Western artistic principles into Japan. This vertical composition emphasizes the monumentality of the snowy mountains, while the framing trees on either side brings the viewer into the center of the composition. Itō’s use of bright, almost surreal colors and billowy clouds and snowdrifts create a dreamlike effect.