Sumidagawa no yuki, Sumida River in the Snow, from the series 'Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons', Edo period (1615?1868), 1834, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (tanzaku size) ; ink and color on paper, Tanzaku 14 3/4 x 5 in. (37. 5 x 12. 7 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797?1858 Tokyo (Edo) ), A boatman wearing a straw hat and raincoat poles a raft along the Sumida River, which flows through the downtown area of the capital city, Edo. Snow falls all over the surface of the print, effectively sealing off the world in the picture