1840
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sashu Tsukahara setchu|Nichiren in Snow at Tsukahara, Sodo Province is a 1840 ink by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a Romanticism work, depicting House, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a snowy mountain village at night. A lone traveler in a bright red cloak and hat stumbles up a steep, icy slope, gripping a walking stick. Below, small houses huddle together, their roofs dusted with snow, while the sky above is dark and dotted with stars. The artist used bold colors—deep blues, stark whites, and that vivid red—to make the scene pop. The traveler’s struggle against the cold night stands out against the quiet village. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines.
Kuniyoshi grew up in old Tokyo when the city was still called Edo. His dad ran a silk shop, but Kuniyoshi loved anything with pictures—scrolls, screens, comic books. He talked his way into the Utagawa school, a kind of…
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