東海道五十三次之内　蒲原　夜の雪|Evening Snow at Kanbara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō"

Utagawa Hiroshige

ca. 1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Deep snow covers the slope of Kanbara in the evening. Fresh flakes falling on the houses, trees, and mountains create a quiet that is broken only by the implied crunch of travelers' footsteps in the snow. This scene is imaginary because records indicate that Hiroshige traveled through Kanbara in the summertime, and such heavy snowfall would be unusual for this area of Japan.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1833–34

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936