Uemura Shōen, Yamagishi Kazue, and others
The Snow Woman (Yuki Onna)
20th century
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- Artist: Uemura Shōen
- Artist: Yamagishi Kazue
- Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi
The Snow Woman (Yuki Onna)
20th century
Physical Qualities
Woodblock print, ink, metallic ink, powdered shell (gofun) pigment, Sheet: 384.2 × 266.7 mm. (15 1/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
2025.25
Uemura Shōen’s Yuki Onna, or snow woman, is a yokai, one of Shinto’s supernatural beings. Here, she is shown as the ghost of a woman who was murdered in a forest. Holding a sword and blanketed in snow, she seeks revenge.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2025; Babst Gallery, Los Angeles; Private collection, Tokyo (purchased by owner's father in 1970s)
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
