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Details
- Alternative title
- Yuki furishikiru
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- April 1978
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 30.5 cm image
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., in Japanese, pencil "Akiyama Iwao" [and artist's seal]. Dated l.l., pencil "AP. 1978".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by Yasuko Myer 1986
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 67.1986
- Copyright
- © Estate of Akiyama Iwao
- Artist information
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Akiyama Iwao
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About
Akiyama Iwao sought spiritual meaning through walking, drinking and poetry. He learned drawing with a Buddhist monk as a child and later trained as a painter before studying woodblock printing under the renowned artist Munakata Shikō (1903–75). Snow continues to fall depicts a monk making a pilgrimage up Mount Fuji in the snow. The text, by Taneda Santōka (1881–1940), is a haiku that reads ‘Throughout life’s journey, snow continues to fall’.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Japanese prints of the 20th century, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Jun 1990–12 Aug 1990
Reflections: Japanese prints from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 02 Jul 1993–08 Aug 1993
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
