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DiaporamaWoman Walking in the Snow
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858)
Discover Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japan's last great ukiyo-e master. Explore iconic landscapes like 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō,' his poetic style, and profound influence on Impressionism & Van Gogh.
In his prints, Hiroshige used the unprinted white paper to represent snow, a technique also exploited in this painting, in which unpainted silk, reserved against the pale ink wash, suggests the snow-covered areas. Slightly bleeding ink creates the impression of fluffy snow, and snowflakes were rendered with splashes of opaque white pigment. By contrast, the figure"s partially revealed red undergarment intensifies the white.Hiroshige"s early works, of the mid-to late 1820s, depict slouching, long-faced women, while his later works present tall beauties in landscape settings, as in this scroll, made in the 1840s or early 1850s.
About this artwork
- Title: Woman Walking in the Snow
- Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
- Year: 1850
- Original dimensions: 79.0 x 32.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Creative period: Late Period
- Corpus context: japanese landscape art , exploration of natural beauty
- Main color: Driftwood
- Keywords: 1850 japanese art , winter scene art , japanese art print
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