Asukayama in the Snow at Evening

A snow-covered slope descends diagonally across the print, lined with bare and pine-like trees. A white horse and a figure carrying a load walk along a path toward a cluster of thatched roofs at the left edge, under a gradient evening sky. Columns of calligraphy and red seals appear at upper left and lower right.

Look closer: A small lantern-like sign stands on the slope near the right-center edge.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

1797–1858

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3831 × 2508 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939