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Two women in snow on Yanagi Bridge

Ohara Koson, Japanese, (1877–1945)

Creation date: 1927

Creation place: Japan

Other Information

Type: Woodblock

Medium and Support: Woodblock

Credit Line: Gift of Elsie S. Kimberly

Accession Number: 1965.77.w

Dimensions: 14 1/4 in. x 9 3/8 in. (36.2 cm x 23.81 cm)

Provenance

Elsie Stewart Kimberly, San Diego, California ( - November 4, 1965)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (November 4, 1965 - )

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This artist chose to present not the noisy metropolis Tokyo, but a nostalgic vision of the pre-modern city hushed by a blanket of snow. Yanagi, which means willow tree, as seen in the foreground, is the name of the bridge that marks the location of a popular geisha district in Tokyo. Geisha were viewed by this artist as being uniquely Japanese—and unaffected (like few things during this period) by modernization and Westernization.
Last Updated: 2/16/2011

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Dreams and Diversions: 250 Years of Japanese Prints from the San Diego Museum of San Diego Museum of Art , 11/6/2010 - 6/5/2011

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