1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次之内 亀山 雪晴|Kameyama, Yuki Hare is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Tree, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a snowy mountain road winding through bare trees. A few travelers walk along the path, bundled up against the cold. The sky is pale blue, and a temple sits on a hillside to the right, half-hidden by mist. Notice how the artist uses thin, layered lines to build up shadows and texture—like a sketch that slowly fills in. This was a common way to create depth in woodblock prints. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists use it to make scenes feel real.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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