Snow Moon Flowers
Introduction
This topic came in the Heian period in Japan and is with its three motifs ( in Japan means " flowers " always cherry blossoms) kept in different ways together. Most obvious it refers to the seasons: snow = winter, moon = Fall and spring flowers =. ( The short hot summer and it ignores. ) You can triple the rate but also be regarded as a representation of three White: Blue = Winter White, Yellow, Pink, White and White = autumn = spring.
Ukiyo -e artists loved it, her prints for sale in series, also hanging scrolls were like to be sold as triple combination. The topic was - as with other topics - (always moon over a body of water ) combined with beautiful women, famous landscapes, etc.
" Snow, Moon and Flowers " also appears as the decoration of lacquer boxes, on the back of traditional mirror. Dances were performed in three corresponding sections in the tea ceremony, the term plays a role,
In modern manga - Setsu Gekka appears in conjunction with pretty girls. There are also songs with this title.
Examples
- Prints of Shiba Kokan, signed as Suzuki Harushige (1747-1818)
Moon over Shinagawa
Spring ( missing )
Moon over Yodogawa ( in Kansai )
Flowers in Yoshino ( in Nara Pref. )
Snow, Moon flowers in Tōto ( in and around Edo )
Snow, Moon flowers in Yamashiro ( in and near Kyoto )
Snow, Moon flowers in Settsu ( in and around Osaka )
- Prints of Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) from the series " Bandō Mitsugorô go Nagori kyogen Setsugekka shichi henka no uchi " with Bandō Mitsugorô III.
Schee
Moon ( missing )
Flowers
Moon ( missing )
Flowers ( missing )
Moon over Kanazawa ( Kanagawa Prefecture )
Flowers ( Naruto ) [note 2]
Meisho snow ( Inokashira )
Meisho Moon ( missing )
Meisho Flowers ( Koganei )