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Woodblock print of a snowy Japanese village street at dusk, with two travelers in conical hats walking past thatched houses beneath dark hills.

Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

A color woodblock print shows a snowy village street beneath steep, snow-dusted hills. Two travelers in conical hats and straw rain capes walk through the drifts, while thatched-roof houses line the lane under a dark, falling-snow sky.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Date
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1094 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1839).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Kanbara: nieve al atardecer, Cincuenta y tres estaciones del Tokaido

Una xilografía en color muestra una calle de aldea cubierta de nieve bajo colinas empinadas. Dos viajeros con sombreros cónicos y capas de paja caminan entre la nieve, mientras casas con techos de paja bordean el camino bajo un cielo oscuro con nevada.

Português: Kanbara: neve à noite, Cinquenta e três estações do Tokaido

Uma xilogravura colorida mostra uma rua de aldeia coberta de neve sob colinas íngremes. Dois viajantes de chapéus cônicos e capas de palha caminham entre a neve, enquanto casas de telhado de palha ladeiam a estrada sob um céu escuro com neve caindo.

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