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Title: A Snow in Toji Temple (1953)

Artist: Takeji Asano

https://tankenjapan.com/toji-temple-in-kyoto-a-unesco-world-heritage-site/ #TakejiAsano #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #Winter #Snow #TojiTemple #Kyoto #Japan
Snow falls on Kyoto's Toji Temple on a dark winter's evening. In the foreground, a female figure in traditional clothing carries a child on her back; the pair is wrapped up against the cold under her heavy hanten winter coat. She is leaving the temple grounds and just passing the chozu-ya, the covered area for purification, on her left. Just behind her, another visitor is headed toward the temple, carrying a bamboo umbrella over their shoulder. Tracks in the fresh snow lead around a stone lantern on the left, and toward a torii gate marking the entrance to the temple. A line of short evergreens stands just beyond the gate, buried under a layer of snow; beyond, the bare branches of tall leafless trees are clogged with snow and frost. Above everything stands the five-story pagoda of Toji Temple, its series of curved stacked rooftops covered in snow. The night sky is a cold dark blue, and snow continues to fall across the scene

Toji Temple in Kyoto: a UNESCO World Heritage Site - TankenJapan.com

One of the oldest temples in Kyoto is Toji. This Buddhist complex is famous for its five-story pagoda that’s not only symbolic of Kyoto but also Japan.
MT Lee (TankenJapan.com)
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