Kambara, Snow at Twilight, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Medium
landscapes
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
Accession Number
1948-134-16
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858), a master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, captures the serene yet stark beauty of travel in *Kambara, Snow at Twilight*, from his renowned series *The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road* (ca. 1834). This iconic set illustrates the 53 post stations along the vital coastal route connecting Edo (modern Tokyo) to Kyoto, a journey undertaken by pilgrims, merchants, and samurai during the Edo period. Hiroshige's prints popularized landscape imagery in ukiyo-e, blending everyday life with poetic nature. In this evocative scene at Kambara station, twilight casts...