koban yoko-e sized print of snowscape; self-carved, self-printed; tipped-in on original presentation card stock from Hanga Magazine folio, with artist's name, print title, and description printed on verso, 1928

Clearing After the Snow

Artist Inagaki Tomoo (Japanese, 1902 - 1980)

Date1928

Place of originJapan

MediumWoodcut and colors on paper

Dimensions5 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (14.6 × 18.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by The David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment

Object number2016.84.7

Collections

ASIAN

Visual Descriptionkoban yoko-e sized print of snowscape; self-carved, self-printed; tipped-in on original presentation card stock from Hanga Magazine folio, with artist's name, print title, and description printed on verso, 1928

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