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Snow on the Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular woodblock print depicts a snowy scene. A person wearing a brown and blue garment walks on a diagonal wooden bridge extending from bottom-left corner into the water below. The water is dark blue with white specks of snow. A short wooden fence borders the bridge on the right. A snow-covered tree with a long curved trunk and several branches with snow-covered boughs grows from a raised area on the right. The background gradient transitions from dark gray at the top to beige then light blue; white specks of snow are scattered throughout. Japanese text is written vertically on the left and a red seal is on the right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
218 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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