Snow

The left part of the triptych (cf. KI 7720-19 + KI 7720-20) Kuniteruga 様 linseries, which deals with the three seasonal symbols snow (winter), moon (autumn) and flowers (spring and summer). Here’s the picture about the snow. A young man (Mitsuuji Ein od. Genji Ein?) warms himself by a small stove, half covered with a kimono. The stove shows a landscape by the sea with pine trees and sailboats. The blue kimono lying on it is patterned with snow-covered twigs and herons. The young man with a shrimp tail hair knot (allusion to Mitsuuji) wears a kimono decorated with Genji chapter sign for the 23rd chapter. In the background a large wall shade with phenixes and various plants (pine twigs, peonies, bamboo,...). Behind it, a small box, on whose door a picture of a poet from the series Hyakunin isshu DDDD( poems of the Hundred Poets) and two long poems were glued. Notice of the New Year’s Day. For the New Year, the card game with the hundred poems was played with pleasure..