Snow on the Sumida River

Data

Snow on the Sumida River
Print   (Part of the set: Hiroshige Tanzaku Series)

Hiroshige
Takamizawa
1970s

2019
00043-009
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00043-009

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

A tanzaku-ban design by Hiroshige. His bird and flower prints in that genre are very common, but landscapes are a bit rarer ... The beautiful light snow is contrasted with the deep blue of the river, and the white spaces indicating snow on the back of the man rafting are a nice touch.

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