Evening Snow

A snowbound Japanese village glows under a dark, falling-snow sky, with thatched and tiled roofs lined along a frozen bank. In the foreground, a figure in a conical hat and blue robe walks beside a horse loaded with cargo along a snow-covered road. The composition uses bold diagonals and layered flat color typical of ukiyo-e landscape prints.

Look closer: A small red seal with the artist's signature appears in the lower left corner beside the title cartouche.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

1797–1861

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3895 × 2575 px

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