Japanese Winter Landscape, 20th Century

Yuki no horiwari. Canal in snow. Winter landscape with buildings and a small bridge across a canal. Ukiyo-e (picture of the floating world) is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e was central to forming the West's perception of Japanese art in the late 19th century. The landscape genre has come to dominate Western perceptions of ukiyo-e. The Japanese landscape differed from the Western tradition in that it relied more heavily on imagination, composition, and atmosphere than on strict observance of nature. No artist credited, circa 1900-20

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Impermanence Snow-covered Transience Ukiyo-e Wabi-sabi Woodblock

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