Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road: Kanbara, Night Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige · Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper; horizontal ōban · Edo period, c. 1833–35 · Tokyo National Museum

Look up at the night sky: does the darkness fade from the top down or from the bottom up? This design was printed both ways.

Exhibition: Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan — Tokyo National Museum · 2026-09-29 – 2026-12-20