Hiroshige, Mount Yuka in Bizen Province
Snow Country: Woodcuts of the Japanese Winter
Tue 2 October 2012 - Sun 13 January 2013
Fitzwilliam Museum
Japanese artists have long responded to the beauty of a world changed by frozen forms and stilled by a blanket of white snow.
This selection of prints by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige includes stories from poetry and myth, with journeys, ambushes and skirmishes in the snow; children throwing snowballs and building snow-rabbits; the everyday struggle of travellers making their way through snowdrifts; the stillness of people indoors gazing out at the unbroken spell of freshly frozen snow; and the almost abstract world of a pure snowy landscape where people play little part.
All works in the exhibition are from the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Tuesday 2 October 2012 until Saturday 22 December 2012
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Tuesday 2 October 2012 until Sunday 23 December 2012
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Thursday 27 December 2012 until Sunday 30 December 2012
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Sunday 30 December 2012 until Sunday 13 January 2013
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Wednesday 2 January 2013 until Sunday 13 January 2013
All times
Tue 2 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 3 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 4 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 5 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 6 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 7 October 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 14 October 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 21 October 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 October 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 31 October 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 1 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 2 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 4 November 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 6 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 7 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 8 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 9 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 10 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 11 November 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 13 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 14 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 15 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 16 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 17 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 18 November 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 20 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 21 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 22 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 23 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 24 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 25 November 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 27 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 28 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 29 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 30 November 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 2 December 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 4 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 7 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 8 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 9 December 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 11 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 14 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 15 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 16 December 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 18 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 21 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 22 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 23 December 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 28 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 29 December 2012 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 30 December 2012 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 2 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 3 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 4 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 5 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 6 January 2013 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 8 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 9 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 10 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 11 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 12 January 2013 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 13 January 2013 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |