Utagawa Hiroshige
1857

This is the Snow print in the series of three prints produced by Hiroshige in 1857. Titled Snow, Moon, and Flowers, the series is one of his major works in his later years. It was printed by Okazawaya Taheiji, a small publisher, but some estimate that the series was ordered by a sponsor positioned between the artist and the publisher. The titles of the respective three works are written in mutually different calligraphy styles. The title of Snow is written in the semi-cursive (running) script.
The big triptych is a bird’s eye view of the mountains along the Kiso post road in a single print in black and indigo.