Clear Weather After Snow at Kameyama

A snow-covered cliff cuts the picture diagonally from upper right to lower left and occupies the right half. Up the steep slope, a daimyo procession climbs in a line. At the top of the cliff is drawn the Kyoguchi Gate, the western entrance of Kameyama-juku. Snow-laden pines jut diagonally from the cliff, and through their branches the hats and loads of the procession can be seen. A stone wall can also be seen in front of the gate.

In the left half, snow-covered houses and fields spread low. The sky shifts from red to white and then indigo, from bottom to top. In the snowscape put together in white and gray, the color of the sky and the small touches of color given to the people in the procession catch the eye. At the left foreground of the cliff, the thin branches of leafless trees are drawn in reddish lines.

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum regards this print as a representative snowscape of the Hoeido edition, second only to Night Snow at Kambara. Whereas Kambara depicts the stillness of night, Kameyama depicts the clear air of a morning after snow has stopped. The Kyoguchi Gate was built in 1672 (Kanbun 12) as the western defense of Kameyama-juku and was known for its appearance with a gate and turret.