1853
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
六十余州名所図会 壱岐 志作|Snowfall at Shimasaku, Iki Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces is a 1853 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Landscape, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a quiet, snowy landscape with a dark blue sky full of tiny white stars. In the foreground, a lone pine tree stands on a rocky island covered in snow. The water around it is calm, with more snow dusting the surface. In the distance, a range of mountains and hills fade into the horizon, also blanketed in white. The artist used simple shapes and bold colors to create depth, making the scene feel peaceful yet dramatic. The snow looks almost magical under the starry sky, and the pine tree adds a touch of life to the otherwise still landscape. If you like this kind of scene, look up landscape in art to see how nature has inspired artists for centuries.
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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