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Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Night Snow, Kambara (Kambara, yoru no yuki), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojûsan-tsugi no uchi)
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn

Night Snow, Kambara (Kambara, yoru no yuki), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojûsan-tsugi no uchi)

Dateca. 1832-34
Maker Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797-1858
Label TextThis composition is from Utagawa Hiroshige’s best-known print series, Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi, which was published from 1833 to 1834 as fifty-five prints depicting the beginning, end, and all fifty-three stations along early-modern Japan’s most important and frequently traveled overland route. At Kanbara, the road’s fifteenth station, reached just after crossing the Fuji River on the way from Edo (today’s Tokyo), villagers trudge through heavy nighttime snow; only their clothing and cold-weather gear are rendered in color.
Object number2017.23.16
Provenance[Egenolf Gallery, Burbank, California]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2006; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo CreditPhoto: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 51, reproduced p. 74.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (24.8 x 36.8 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper