One design from 'Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital', this print has a fabulous story behind it (see the main entry for this series for more details!).

Snow falls on pedestrians on a freezing night in Takanawa, Tokyo. Some figures are ankle-deep in snow, while others wear high geta sandals to avoid it. If the figures depicted didn't have their umbrellas up, the snowflakes could almost be mistaken for stars, their reflections shining up from the deep blue sea. In fact, the snowflakes on the water do seem to mirror the snowflakes in the sky, and no snowflakes fall in front of the wooden building or stone storehouse... Perhaps the snowflakes were designed to trick us into thinking they were stars after all...

There are interesting similarities between "Evening Snow at Takanawa" and this other print of Takanawa by Hiroshige.

To see the original sketch by Hiroshige of this image, click on this link.