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Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese
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Deep snow covers the Kanbara slope in the evening. Fresh snow falling on travelers, houses, trees, and mountains creates a quiet that is broken only by the crunch of footsteps in the snow. This scene is almost entirely imaginary because it rarely snows in this area.
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東海道五十三次之内 蒲原 夜の雪
Title: A Snowy Evening at Kambara Station
Artist:
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1833–34
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9 1/2 × 14 1/8 in. (24.1 × 35.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number: JP486
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