Late Snow Along Edo River

Late Snow Along the Edo River, published in 1932, depicts the Edogawa — the lower section of the Tone River's western outflow, forming the boundary between Tokyo and Chiba — under late-season snowfall that whitens the flat river banks and marshes of this wide, slow-moving watercourse on the eastern edge of the Kanto plain. The late snow (the March or April snowfall that comes after the apparent arrival of spring) has a particular atmospheric character: the white accumulation against the green of emerging spring vegetation, the low gray sky contrasting with the first signs of seasonal change. The bokashi sky captures the muted palette of this transitional weather.