Evening Snow on Mount Hira

A snow-covered mountain range rises under a pale, graying sky, its ridges sharply inked in white and dark lines. Below, thatched village roofs sit among bare trees along a shore, where blue water fills the lower right, rendered in woodblock color with soft gradations.

Look closer: A few tiny figures walk on the snowy road among the village houses.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

1797–1858

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3777 × 2486 px

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