Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido) — About This Work
Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833
About the Work
Three travellers move through falling snow in a quiet hillside settlement. A reduced palette of whites and dark tones gives the weather a strong presence.
Cleveland notes that Kambara, a coastal town, seldom experiences snowfall. Carving areas of the block away allows the white paper to represent falling snow, making the woodcut process central to the scene.
The colour woodblock print belongs to the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido series. Cleveland records the sheet as 22.6 × 35.5 cm and identifies this impression as accession 1985.317.
The Work
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido)
Date: 1833
Medium: Colour woodblock print
Recorded dimensions: 35.5 × 22.6 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1985.317
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 40 cm Classic Frame, landscape.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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