This image originally is Hokusai’s painting, one of his famous masterpieces of beauty, which later was made into a woodblock print. As the signature reads Taito, this must be from his late period.

The courtesan, wearing thick layers of kimono, is walking in the snow, with tall wooden clogs on her bare feet. Despite the falling snow, she doesn’t open her umbrella. The tip of the umbrella is covered with snow, which indicates that she may have been using it until just now.

Her silk crepe undergarment and sash are very realistic, and the texture of the blue kimono is successfully expressed by applying different ‘bokashi’ techniques.