15th Station: Kambara

This scene depicts a mountain village at nightfall, through which three people struggle under deep snow. It is a rather unlikely composition, as Kambara is located in a very temperate area of Japan warmed by the Kuroshio Current offshore, and even a light snowfall is extremely rare.

The original Kambara was destroyed by a flood in the early part of the Edo period, but was rebuilt shortly thereafter. Today Kambara is a railway station on the Tokaido Road Main Line of the Central Japan Railway Company.