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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, Fifty-three Stations of the 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

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