Set of 3 images, glass and metal framed 405mm x 510mm. Image area is 250mm wide x 275mm deep.
a. Straw snow fence detail, top.
b. Snow fences, Samurai houses.
c. Straw snow fence detail, bottom.
Kanazawa, on the Japan Sea side of the main island of Honshu, was a strong Samurai centre in feudal times. Many Samurai and Geisha houses still remain as tourist attractions. The straw fences lining the narrow laneways keep the snow off the stone fences, minimising the damage that the melting snow can do to the earth mortar binding the fences together.