Winter Prints (389)
Winter scenes in Japanese woodblock prints beyond snow alone — including bare branches, frozen streams, cold moonlight, figures bundled against the chill, and the stark, contemplative beauty of the Japanese winter landscape.
Artists Known for Winter

Winter Firework
2018
Mezzotint

Winter Fireworks
2019
Mezzotint

The Monkey Bridge in Winter
1939
Japanese Color Woodblock Print

Plovers Flying Across a River above Snow-Laden Reeds (Fuyu no Kawa), from the series Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)
百々世草 冬の川
1909-10
Color woodblock print
January
Woodblock print

End of January / Trump
2017
Reduction woodblock print

Japanese Garden Portland - Winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ohtsu- Winter River
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ohtsu Fuyu Kazaru (Winter Decorations)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter Light
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hanase Winter (2)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter Scene on a beach
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter Landscape
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter Trees
Etching

Two Girls warming themselves in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Miniature Print of a plant in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

February Flower wind
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mountain lake in early winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ouchi-juku in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter In Aizu
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter In Aizu
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter In Aizu
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter In Aizu
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter day
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Calendar Sheet December 1941
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mountain field in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter day
Etching

Winter Landscape
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter Landscape
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Calendar Sheet January
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Aoki harbour in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Dead field in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Lake Shikotan in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter in Yamasato
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Scenes of Kobe in the 12 months: December
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter sky
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter composition 2
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter composition No. 2
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter evening
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter scene
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Toriimoto in Winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Matsuyama castle in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Matsuyama castle - winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kyoto street in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Winter trees
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nagoya castle in winter
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Young woman in winter dress
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground
c. 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban

Actor Bandô Matatarô IV as Gempachibyôe in “Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise” (“Mutsu no hana ume no kaomise”)
About 1769
Color woodblock print; hosoban

Evening Snow at Kinryuzan Temple (Kinryuzan no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"
c. 1778
Color woodblock print; half hosoban (right side)

Warriors Fighting in the Snow
19th century
Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych; surimono

Snowman (Winter)
雪だるま
c. 1950s
Color woodblock print

Actors Arashi Sangorô II asMinamoto no Yoritomo and Segawa Kikunojô II as the Snow Woman in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Myôto- giku Izu no Kisewata”)
About 1770
Color woodblock print; aiban

Shrine in Snow
Edo period, c. 1820
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Kameyama: Weather Clearing after Snow (Kameyama, yukibare), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban

Deer in the Snow
雪中鹿図
1930
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Snowy Day

The snowy lake

Travelers in Snow
early 19th century
Color woodblock print

Onoe Matsusuke as Man Armed with a Sword, Standing in Snow before a Fence
1786
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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Frequently Asked Questions
Winter scenes in Japanese woodblock prints beyond snow alone — including bare branches, frozen streams, cold moonlight, figures bundled against the chill, and the stark, contemplative beauty of the Japanese winter landscape.
Utagawa Hiroshige, Suzuki Harunobu, and Saito Kiyoshi are among the artists most associated with winter in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 389 prints tagged with winter, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.





