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Snow, Moon and Flowers(雪月花, setsu-getsu-ka or setsu gekka), a topic in art and design borrowed from old China,〔E.g. Bai Juyi: “At the time of snow, moon and flowers, I think of you”.〕 was quite popular in the late Edo-Period. ==Introduction== This threefold theme (in Japan, flowers mean always ''cherry blossoms'') is held together in several ways. Most obviously it refers to the seasons of the year:〔The short hot summer is skipped.〕 snow = winter, moon = autumn and flowers = spring. But one could also think it as representations of three whites: blue-white = winter, yellow-white = autumn and pink-white = spring. Ukiyo-e artists liked to sell prints in series, sometimes even scrolls were painted to be hanged together. Artists liked to combine it with three women, three well known landscapes (moon always with reflecting water) etc. "Snow, moon and flowers" appear also as decoration on boxes, backside of traditional mirrors etc. * Prints by Shiba Kōkan, signed as Suzuki Harushige (1747-1818) File:Shiba Kôkan Seirô Winter.jpg|Winter at Yoshiwara File:Shiba Kôkan Shinagawa Mond.jpg|Moon above Shinagawa File:No image.svg|Spring (yet missing) * Prints by Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) File: Hokusai Schnee Sumida.jpg|Snow at Sumidagawa (at Edo) File: Hokusai Mond Yodogawa.jpg|Moon above Yodogawa (in Kansai) File: Hokusai Blumen Yoshino.jpg|Flowers at Yoshino (in Nara Pref.) File: Hokusai SGK Tôto.jpg|Snow, moon & flowers at Tōto (around Edo) File: Hokusai SGK Yamashiro.jpg|Snow, moon & flowers at Yamashiro (around Kyōto) File: Hokusai SGK Settsu.jpg|Snow, moon & flowers at Settsu (around Ōsaka) * Prints by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) File: Kunisada SGK Sugoroku.jpg|Snow, moon and flowers as Sugoroku game * Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) File: Kuniyoshi SGK snow.jpg|Snow in the morning File:No image.svg|Moon (yet missing) File:No image.svg|Flowers (yet missing) * Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) File: Hiroshige SGK3 snow.jpg|Snow at the Kiso road File: Hiroshige SGK3 moon.jpg| Moon above Kanazawa (Kanagawa Pref.) File: Hiroshige SGK3 flower.jpg| Flowers〔Hiroshige uses whirlpools to imitate flowers〕 at Naruto File: Meisho Inokashira.jpg|Meisho Snow (Inokashira)) File:No image.svg|Moon (yet missing) File: Hiroshige Meisho SGK flower Koganei.jpg|Meisho Flowers (Koganei) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Snow Moon Flowers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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