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

The Big Snowman
c. 1764
Color woodblock print; mizu-e hosoban

Young Couple Under an Umbrella in the Snow
c. 1770
Color woodblock print; chuban

Evening Snow at Ikenohata (Ikenohata bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Prosperity in the Eastern Village (Azuma no sato eiga hakkei)"
c. 1770/72
Color woodblock print; chuban

Kingfisher on Snowladden Reeds
1912-1936
Color woodblock print

Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu), No. 6 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"
c. 1716/36
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Akiba, from the series "Three Evenings at Spots Famous for Snow Viewing (Meisho yukimi sanseki)"
c. 1780/1801
Color woodblock print; chuban

Flowers, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)"
c. 1784/85
Color woodblock print; oban

Snowy Landscape with Strollers
1790s
Color woodblock print

Town Snow Scene
Shōwa period
Color woodblock print (self-carved and self-printed)

Market in the Snowy Country
雪國の市場
Shōwa period
Color woodblock print

Cherry Snow
1906
Color etching on cream Japanese paper

Bank of Japan in Snow from Eitaibashi Bridge — 永代橋際日本銀行の雪

Chizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)"
c. 1772
Color woodblock print; chuban

Onoe Kikugorō I as Izumi no Saburō in the Play Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise
1769
color woodblock print

Getting dark in Snow (Kani, Near Itabashi) — 雪に暮る(板橋附近 可児)

Snow at a Shrine (Suizenji in Kumamoto) — 社頭の雪(熊本水前寺)

Couple Sharing an Umbrella Under the Snow
c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Five Young Boys Rolling a Large Snowball
c. 1772
Color woodblock print; chuban

Puppies in the Snow
c. 1773
Color woodblock print; chuban

Karauta of the Ogiya in Evening Snow (Ogiya Karauta bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro meifu hakkei)"
c. 1773/75
Color woodblock print; chuban

Young Man with Umbrella Knocking on Gate in Snow
c. 1774
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Crow and snow

Geese flying in snow

After Snow at Mt Asama

Matsuchi Hill after Snowfall
c. 1785
Color woodblock print; oban diptych

Snow Landscape
雪景山水図
1879
Hanging scroll; ink on silk

Pines in Snow (Yukimatsu)
雪松図
circa 1922
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Snow, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)"
c. 1784/85
Color woodblock print; oban

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (the Snow Woman) in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month
c. 1770
Color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych

Clearing after a Snowfall at the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Sanjūgen Canal (Sanjūgenbori no bosetsu), from the unfinished series Twelve Months of Tokyo (Tōkyō jūnikagetsu)
1920
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Spring Snow at Hamacho Park in Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi-ku Hamacho koen shunsetsu) from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)"
1940
Color woodblock print; oban

An Eagle in a Snowstorm

Geese in Snow

Gogo no Yuki (Afternoon Snow)

Nobleman and court lady boating at night near a snow-covered shore
1826
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Pheasant on a Snow-Covered Pine Tree
mid–1830s
Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku

Evening Snow (Bo-setsu), from the series, "Eight Figural Views" (Sugata Hakkei)
ca. 1850
Polychrome woodblock print

Young woman looking at bamboo in snow
1950s
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Arashi Rikan as Miyamoto Musashi, Journeying through the Snow with his Boy Attendant
c. 1815-1830
Color woodblock print (yakusha-e)

Two Deer by Snowy Pines
雪松双鹿図
late 19th century
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Asakusa Kanzeon Temple in the Snow
東京名所四十八景 浅草観世音雪中
c. 1871
Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Unknown- Snow and Bijin

Mount Fuji with a Coating of Snow
1991

Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)"
c. 1784/85
Color woodblock print; oban

Spring Snow, Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto
April 1932
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Snowy Landscape
19th century
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Mandarin Ducks in Snow

Maiko (Light Snow) — 舞妓(小雪)

Ferry Landing in Snow (Yuki no watashiba)
雪の渡し場
c. 1900-1910
Color woodblock print

Snow at the Sacred Bridge in Nikkō
1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Snow Overnight at Shinobugaoka

Snow on the Way Back from the Public Bath
c. 1766/67
Color woodblock print; chuban

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

Snow Maiden

Snowy Landscape
雪景色
before 1935
Painting reproduction; ink and color on silk or paper

Courtesan on Parade in Falling Snow
c. 1765
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"
c. 1766
Color woodblock print; chuban

Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow
c. 1767
Color woodblock print; chuban

Making a Giant Snowball
c. 1767
Color woodblock print; chuban
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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.





