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February 11, 660 BCE~ Traditional date when legendary Emperor Jimmu founded Japan

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Emperor Jinmu (Jinmu tennô) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1880 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 14 3/4”x9 7/8” / Various, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Kenkokukinen-no-Hi, the “complicated and controversial” National Foundation Day, is February 11

Previous February 11 posts:

February 11~ African-American visual artists

Thomas Edison: Born February 11, 1847

Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/11~

Winter~ January 19

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Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom by Yōshū Chikanobu

1887 / Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper /
Image: 14”x28 3/4” / The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Snow-Covered Field with a Harrow (after Millet) by Vincent van Gogh

1890 / Oil on canvas / 28”x36” / Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Winter~ January 13

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Tokiwa Gozen, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

About 1841-42 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 14”x9 11/16” / Various collections

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The Forest in Winter at Sunset by Théodore Rousseau

c.1846–1867 / Oil on canvas / 64”x102 3/8” / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Winter~ January 12

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A Raja Enjoys a Huqqa During a Cold Winter Night / Pahari School, northern India

c.1825-1850 / Pigments hand-tinted with gold on paper / 9 1/2”x5 3/4” / Private collection

Teahouse at Koishikawa The Morning After a Snowfall by Katsushika Hokusai

c.1830–32 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 10 1/8”x15” / Various collections

Winter~ January 9

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The Four Seasons: Winter by François Boucher

1755 / Oil on canvas / 22 3/8”x28 3/4” / The Frick Collection, New York, NY
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Courtesan Watching Two Kamuro Make a Snow Dog by Suzuki Harunobu

About 1767-68 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 11 1/16”x8 1/16” / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Winter~ January 7

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Bamboo in Snow by Hu Zhengyan

After 1633, before 1703 / Page from woodblock printed book, mounted as album leaf; ink and color on paper /
9 13/16”x11 5/16” / Arthur M. Sackler Museum (Harvard Art Museums)

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The Castle of Muiden in Winter by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten

1658 / Oil on canvas / 37 9/10”x50 9/10” / The National Gallery, London

Autumn~ October 9

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Autumn by J. Culbert

c.1800 / Pen & black ink, wash, & watercolor on paper / Image 3 1/2”x4 7/8”
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

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Peasants and Travelers in an Autumn Landscape by Katsushika Hokusai

1835-1836 / Color woodblock print / 10 3/8”x14 3/4” / Various, incl. Art Institute of Chicago