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Japanese Woodblock Prints
Kanbara, Evening Snow, c. 1833
Kanbara yoru no yuki, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō — Utagawa Hiroshige, published by Hōeidō
From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints collection · 1833
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Source scan:LOC (Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints). Rights statement of the archive: “No known restrictions on publication. Ukiyo-e print by an artist who died before 1930; the impression itself was published before 1930 — public domain in the United States, Japan and the EU.” Original print: Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833, 1 print : woodcut, color.. Verified 2026-09-13.
This product is a new archival print made from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.
The story of this print
Kanbara is a mild coastal town where it hardly ever snows, and Hiroshige buried it. The print — the fifteenth station of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, the series that made his name around 1833 — shows the village at nightfall under a snowfall that has rounded every roof and hillside into white, with three travellers trudging up the road: two bent under straw hats, one under an umbrella. The sky is graded from grey down to black at the top of the sheet, and the whole picture is made of white paper, grey ink and that darkness.
It is the most admired snow scene in Japanese printmaking, and an early impression of it is one of the most valuable of all Tōkaidō sheets. The Library of Congress holds one, printed from the original Hōeidō blocks; we have restored it from the archive’s scan, keeping the paper’s tone and cleaning the dust without redrawing.
The horizontal oban fits our 12×18, 16×24, 20×30 and 24×36 sizes exactly.
Printed to order on archival matte paper or canvas, framed in the country of delivery.
Before and after
Left: the archive scan exactly as published. Right: the file that goes to the printer.
Restoration notes
Restoration: trimmed the mount and scanner margins, balanced levels while keeping the paper tone and the flat colour blocks of the woodblock impression (85% of the original colour retained), removed dust and specks, applied gentle sharpening. Toning, wormholes, the printer's registration and the collector's seals are kept where they belong to the object; nothing is redrawn.
Every print carries its archive credit on the packing slip. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn.
Pairs well with
Hang them together — 10% off the second framed print
Informational purposes only, no warranties, not professional advice. All products are new archival prints made from restored scans of historical maps held by public archives; they are not original antiques. Colours vary by screen and by paper.
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