Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
c.1830–36 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 9 5/8”x14 9/16”
Various collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Previous April 28 posts:
Tag Archives: Woodblock Print
April 17, 2019~ Bat Appreciation Day
Bat in Moon by Biho Takashi or Takahashi (Yoshikuni)
c.1905 / Color woodblock print on paper / 9 1/4”x9 9/16” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Previous April 17 posts:
Spring~ April 17
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/17~
February 11, 660 BCE~ Traditional date when legendary Emperor Jimmu founded Japan
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 24
Winter Landscape in Moonlight by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1919 / Oil on canvas / 47 1/2”x47 1/2” / Detroit Institute of Arts
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Snow at Zojoji Temple (Yuki no Zojoji) by Kawase Hasui
1929 / Color woodblock print / Image: 9 7/16”x14 5/16” / Various collections
Winter~ January 19
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
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
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 11
Sparrows and Bamboo in Snow by Utagawa Hiroshige I
fl.1811-1858 (during Edo period) / 13”x4 1/2” / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Das Eismeer (The Arctic Sea) by Caspar David Friedrich
Around 1823-1824 / Oil on canvas / 38”x50” / Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
Winter~ January 9
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
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
