One of the most celebrated designs from Hiroshige's Hoeido Tokaido (1833–34), his most famous series. The three iconic storm and snow stations—Kanbara, Shono, and Kameyama—command premium prices at all quality levels.
Kanbara, the fifteenth station on the Tokaido in Suruga Province, is depicted at night in fresh snowfall — one of the most quietly beautiful prints in the Hoeido series. Hiroshige suffuses the scene in deep blue shadow, the village of Kanbara buried in white, a few travelers picking their way along the deserted road. Though Kanbara sits close to the sea at a relatively low elevation where heavy snow was unusual, the image has come to define the aesthetic ideal of winter on the Tokaido.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in c. 1833/34.
Yes — Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido is part of the The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido series (print 16 of 55) by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and night scenes.
