Minneapolis Institute of Art
Children making a snow ball
Nakajima Raishō
- Date
- 1820s–1850s
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Children's delight in newly fallen snow is universal. Here three ambitious Japanese boys are creating a yukidaruma , snow Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma was the Indian sage who traveled to China in the sixth century to spread his doctrine which stressed seated meditation as a means toward enlightenment. Since a large rounded snow mound resembles a seated monk with his robe covering his head and legs, such figures came to be called yukidaruma in Japan. Asia
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