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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

Ferry in Snow by Takahashi Shotei

Ferry in Snow

Looking at Falling Snow by Takehisa Yumeji

Looking at Falling Snow

"Tsu": Narihira in the Snow at Ono, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)" by Katsukawa Shunshō

"Tsu": Narihira in the Snow at Ono, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

c. 1772/73

Color woodblock print; koban

Monkey Bridge in snow by Kishio Koizumi

Monkey Bridge in snow

The Snow-Clogged Geta by Suzuki Harunobu

The Snow-Clogged Geta

c. 1767/68

Color woodblock print; chuban

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank by Utagawa Hiroshige

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank

1830s

Color woodblock print; ko-tanzaku

Snow at Okuramae (Okuramae no yuki), from the series Edo meisho dōke zukushi (Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo) by Utagawa Hirokage

Snow at Okuramae (Okuramae no yuki), from the series Edo meisho dōke zukushi (Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo)

御蔵前の雪 — 江戸名所道化尽

1859

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e)

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793 by Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793

c. 1793

Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

Bijin in Snow by Sentaro Iwata

Bijin in Snow

Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru) by Utagawa Kunisada

Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru)

c. 1844

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Children at Play on a Snowy Morning by the Great Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Shin Ôhashi yuki no asa kodomo asobi no zu) by Utagawa Sadatora

Children at Play on a Snowy Morning by the Great Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Shin Ôhashi yuki no asa kodomo asobi no zu)

東都新大橋雪の朝子供遊の図

c. 1830s (Edo period)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo by Keisai Eisen

Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo

c. 1840/44

Color woodblock print; oban

Eagle on snowy tree bough by Ohara Koson

Eagle on snowy tree bough

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro V as the Priest Sogen (Yuki: Iwakura Sogen Onoe Baiko), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro V as the Priest Sogen (Yuki: Iwakura Sogen Onoe Baiko), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)"

1890

Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

A Wild Duck Swimming by a Snow-covered Bank beneath Snow-laden Reeds by Utagawa Hiroshige

A Wild Duck Swimming by a Snow-covered Bank beneath Snow-laden Reeds

1830s

Color woodblock print; ōtanzaku

Evening Snow on White Hair (Shiraga bosetsu), from the series "Personal Encounters from Eight Performances (Omi hakkei)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Evening Snow on White Hair (Shiraga bosetsu), from the series "Personal Encounters from Eight Performances (Omi hakkei)"

c. 1847/52

Color woodblock print; oban

Woman with Umbrella and Dog in Snow by Utagawa Kunimaru

Woman with Umbrella and Dog in Snow

c. 1810-1825

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Remaining Snow of Mount Hotaka by Ōshita Tōjirō

Remaining Snow of Mount Hotaka

穂高山の残雪

1907

Watercolour on paper

Evening Snow at Ishinomaki (Ishinomaki no bosetsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)" by Kawase Hasui

Evening Snow at Ishinomaki (Ishinomaki no bosetsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"

1935

Color woodblock print; oban

Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Furyu Genji) by Utagawa Kunisada

Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Furyu Genji)

about 1853

Color woodblock print

Snow on the Sumida River by Keisai Eisen

Snow on the Sumida River

early 1830s

Color woodblock print; oban

Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, (kamuro:) Shirabe, Teriha, Flowers from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers in Yoshiwara (Seiro setsugekka) (Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Shirabe, Teriha) by Kitagawa Utamaro

Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, (kamuro:) Shirabe, Teriha, Flowers from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers in Yoshiwara (Seiro setsugekka) (Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Shirabe, Teriha)

1793

Color woodblock print; oban

Twilight Snow (Bosetsu), from an unidentified series of Eight Views (Hakkei) by Kitao Masanobu

Twilight Snow (Bosetsu), from an unidentified series of Eight Views (Hakkei)

The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

c. 1832/38

Color woodblock print; oban

Evening Snow on Mount Fuji, Complete View of the Inner and Middle Shrines at Shimo Sengen (Fuji bosetsu, Shimo Sengen atomiya nakamiya zenzu), from the series "Eight VIews of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Evening Snow on Mount Fuji, Complete View of the Inner and Middle Shrines at Shimo Sengen (Fuji bosetsu, Shimo Sengen atomiya nakamiya zenzu), from the series "Eight VIews of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

A Hawk Perched on a Snow-covered Pine Tree by Isoda Koryūsai

A Hawk Perched on a Snow-covered Pine Tree

probably 18th century

Hand-colored print (ishizuri-e); ink and color on paper

Beauty in Snow by Isoda Koryūsai

Beauty in Snow

1765–1784

color woodblock print

The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780 by Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

c. 1780

Color woodblock print; chuban

Snowdog by Suzuki Harunobu

Snowdog

18th century

Print

A Golden Pheasant amid Snow-Covered Bamboo on a Steep Hillside by Utagawa Hiroshige

A Golden Pheasant amid Snow-Covered Bamboo on a Steep Hillside

c. 1840

Color woodblock print; chuban

Snow (Yuki), from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Snow (Yuki), from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)"

c. 1849/52

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Osada no Taro Kagemune (in Reality Hatcho Tsubute no Kiheiji), in the Guise of a Lamplighter of Gion Shrine, in Act Three from Part One of the Play Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji (Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1785 by Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Osada no Taro Kagemune (in Reality Hatcho Tsubute no Kiheiji), in the Guise of a Lamplighter of Gion Shrine, in Act Three from Part One of the Play Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji (Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1785

c. 1785

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Snowy Morning from Koishikawa (Koishikawa yuki no ashita), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Snowy Morning from Koishikawa (Koishikawa yuki no ashita), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

c. 1830/33

Color woodblock print; oban

Yoshino, from the series "Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Yoshino, from the series "Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)"

c. 1833

Color woodblock print; oban

Nihon Bridge seen in the Snow (Nihonbashi setchu no kei), from the series "Famous Views in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Nihon Bridge seen in the Snow (Nihonbashi setchu no kei), from the series "Famous Views in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

1837/38

Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku

Moonlight on the Yodo River (Yodogawa), from the series "Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Moonlight on the Yodo River (Yodogawa), from the series "Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)"

c. 1833

Color woodblock print; oban

Chinese Official Pausing on a Bridge to View the Snow (from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse) by Katsushika Hokusai

Chinese Official Pausing on a Bridge to View the Snow (from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse)

1834–5

color woodblock print

Snowy Morning at Koishikawa (Koishikawa yuki no ashita) by Katsushika Hokusai

Snowy Morning at Koishikawa (Koishikawa yuki no ashita)

ca. 1830-31

Print

Beauty Under an Umbrella in the Snow by Suzuki Harunobu

Beauty Under an Umbrella in the Snow

c. 1770

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Young Woman Standing Under an Umbrella in the Snow by Suzuki Harunobu

Young Woman Standing Under an Umbrella in the Snow

1767–68

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Matsuchiyama afer a Snowfall (Matsuchiyama no yuki mi) by Torii Kiyonaga

Matsuchiyama afer a Snowfall (Matsuchiyama no yuki mi)

The Actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the Play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise (Snowflakes: Plum Blossom Kaomise), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1769 by Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the Play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise (Snowflakes: Plum Blossom Kaomise), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1769

Snow Play (Yuki no asobi) by Suzuki Harunobu

Snow Play (Yuki no asobi)

ca. 1765-1770

Print

Morning Snow at Susaki (Susaki yuki no asa), from the series "Thirteen Views of the Environs of Edo" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Morning Snow at Susaki (Susaki yuki no asa), from the series "Thirteen Views of the Environs of Edo"

c. 1837/44

Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono

Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei, Mimeguri bosetsu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei, Mimeguri bosetsu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1840/42

Color woodblock print; aiban

Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido)

1833

color woodblock print

Young Woman Admiring a Snow Rabbit by Suzuki Harunobu

Young Woman Admiring a Snow Rabbit

late 1760s

Woodblock print; ink, color, and embossing on paper

Young Woman Walking in Snow with Umbrella by Suzuki Harunobu

Young Woman Walking in Snow with Umbrella

c. 1868–1912

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Evening Snow at Asakusa by Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Snow at Asakusa

1843-1847

Print

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777 by Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

c. 1777

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Young Woman Walking in Snow by Suzuki Harunobu

Young Woman Walking in Snow

c. 1767/68

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Egrets in the Snow by Suzuki Harunobu

Egrets in the Snow

c. 1768

Color woodblock print; chuban

Women Viewing a Snowy Garden from a Parlor by Torii Kiyonaga

Women Viewing a Snowy Garden from a Parlor

c. 1786

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych

Heavy Snow (Oyuki furishikiru zu) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Heavy Snow (Oyuki furishikiru zu)

mid–1840s

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flower in a Cool Breeze (Furyo setsugekka no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flower in a Cool Breeze (Furyo setsugekka no uchi)"

Early to mid-18th century

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape, from the series "A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan roeishu)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape, from the series "A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan roeishu)"

c. 1842/43

Color woodblock print; oban

Lingering Snow at Asukayama (Asukayama no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Lingering Snow at Asukayama (Asukayama no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

1837-38

Color woodblock print; ōban

Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)"

c. 1844/45

Color woodblock print; oban

Snowy Morning at the Kanda Myojin Shrine by Utagawa Hiroshige

Snowy Morning at the Kanda Myojin Shrine

1843-1847

Print

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, Disguised as a Monk, in the Joruri "Onna Hachi no Ki" (A Female Version of "The Potted Trees") from Part Two of the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai (A Woman as Master: The World of the First Snow), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773 by Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, Disguised as a Monk, in the Joruri "Onna Hachi no Ki" (A Female Version of "The Potted Trees") from Part Two of the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai (A Woman as Master: The World of the First Snow), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773

c. 1773

Color woodblock print; hosoban

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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.