Clear Sky after Snow, Asakusa Kannon Temple (Translation)
Twenty Scenes of Tokyo (Series Title)
川瀬巴水 東京二十景 淺草観音の雪晴 大正十五年 木版画 (Primary Title)
Tokyo nijukei, Asakusa Kannon no yukibare (Transliterated Title)
Fine Snowy Day at Asakusakanno (Donor's Title)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 (Artist)
Watanabe Shōzaburō 渡邊庄三郎, Japanese, 1885 - 1962 (Publisher)
The Asakusa Kannon Temple, also referred to as the Sensoji Temple, is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous temple complex. Founded around ad 645, the temple enshrines a golden sculpture of Kannon, bodhisattva of mercy. This print depicts the sky’s clearing and fresh snow at a corner of the temple’s main hall. The building was bombed and destroyed during World War II and was rebuilt in 1958
Taisho period (1912-1926)
巴水 Hasui
Artist's seal; Publisher's seal Watanabe Shōzaburō
淺草観音の雪晴 大正十五年作
René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
1979渡辺／川瀬巴水…151／ 大正十五年 東京二十景 ワタナベ 2 淺草観音の雪晴
"Snowy Landscapes: Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui" April 15 -September 18, 2016, VMFA
©artist or artist’s estate
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