Surimono: The Lover in the Snow
Katsushika Hokusai
Description
Katsushika Hokusai
Japan, 1760–1849
Surimono: The Lover in the Snow
Edo period (1615–1868)
circa 1817–58
Color woodblock print
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker, 1948/1.152
This image showing a solitary figure walking in a snowy landscape may be the kind Whistler had in mind as he developed his print of Frances Leyland walking in the foreground of her home in Speke Hall, No. 1 (on view in the adjacent section on Margaret Watson Parker). In addition to the slender, downward-looking figure, the unifying tonalities and large untouched areas of paper in that work show a kinship with Japanese prints.
Subject Matter:
Snow scene with a figure carrying an umbrella.
Physical Description:
The print depicts a figure in black walking in the snow with an umbrella. The snow covers the road, the well and the trees. Inscriptions of two poems appear on the upper right-hand corner, and the artist's signature can be found on the bottom edge of the print.
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