Zojoji Temple in Snow

Description

Zojoji Temple in Snow forms a nice point of comparison between Tsuchiya Koitsu and other Shin-Hanga artists, such as Shiro Kasamatsu and Kawase Hasui, that depicted the same temple in snow as well. An example by Shiro Kasamatsu can be found here. The compositions are somewhat similar, with the large red temple gate contrasting with the white snow and the people walking in front of it. All succeed in capturing the beauty of the scene, and presumably the theme must have already been popular among the initial audience for the prints.