Japanese Print "Morning after the Snow" by Tomioka Eisen
Artist:Tomioka Eisen
Title:Morning after the Snow
Date:1904.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
Kuchi-e illustration for the novel "Yuki no Asa" published on a Bungei-Kurabu, Vol.10, No.4, a very popular literary magazine. A morning after a big snow. The girl looking at the puppies is depicted in a circle which signals there is a distance between the two locations. This composition is called "double contraction" and is often used in ukiyo-e. The picture was listed in the interesting article about kuchi-e, published in "Daruma Magazine" Issue No. 32.
