Snowy days like today bring to mind the lovely and peaceful wintry scenes featured in many of these images.


Japanese Woodblock Library of Congress

Japanese Woodblock Prints Convey the Serenity of Snow

Snowy days like today bring to mind the lovely and peaceful wintry scenes featured in many of these images.

Source: Library of Congress

The Library’s Prints and Photographs Division houses more than 2,500 Japanese woodblock prints and drawings. Snowy days like today bring to mind the lovely and peaceful wintry scenes featured in many of these images. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/jpd/?loclr=fbloc

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Image descriptions: Two travelers, one on horseback, on a precipice or natural bridge during a snowstorm. Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist.

Snow scene of Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira pond. Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist.

Print shows people walking during an evening snowfall at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist.

Print shows two small boats moored among reeds on the edge of a river during a snow storm. Uehara, Konen, 1878-1940, artist.

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