Kanbara. Travelers walking in the snow at night at the Kanbara station on the Tokaido Road. Ukiyo-e (picture of the floating world) is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e was central to forming the West's perception of Japanese art in the late 19th century. The landscape genre has come to dominate Western perceptions of ukiyo-e.

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Kambara, 15th Station On Tokaido Road, 1830s

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