Snow at Akabane Bridge in Shiba
c. 1837 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The whole print, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- c. 1837
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)
Snow falls on a canal of deep blue water that runs between white banks towards a wooden bridge, with covered boats moored along its edge. On the right a long walled estate with red gates lines the road, where travellers in straw hats and under yellow umbrellas trudge through the drifts, and a tall watchtower rises from the snowy hill above. A red pagoda stands among white pines in the distance at the left. Utagawa Hiroshige designed the print in about 1843 to 1847 for his series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho), one of many sets of views of Edo, present-day Tokyo, that he made for a city audience. The red title cartouche sits at the upper right, and the publisher's seal of Sanoya Kihei appears at the lower right. The Art Institute of Chicago holds this impression.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A deep blue canal and red gates against white snow and a grey, flake-filled sky. Hang it in a hallway or study beside Hiroshige's Kanbara: Night Snow, in a black frame that matches the woodblock outlines.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1837)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from a scan of the original print, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
