The Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society is honored to exhibit Utagawa Hiroshige’s Night Snow at Kambara in the gallery “Explore Shizuoka: Our Sister City.”
This piece will be on display from Jun 11, 2025 to May 2, 2026. It is currently on loan from The Richard E. Peeler Art Center Galleries at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN. An unveiling will take place on June 11th at 2 pm with a small reception.
This loan from DePauw University was facilitated by past collections manager, Alyssa Flory. As a former student and gallery employee, she knew of the fine collection at the Peeler Art Center and requested the loan. The timing of the loan is to coordinate with the international students in August of this year and Blue River Community Foundation’s Mount Fuji Alleyway Project that will be installed in the alleyway between Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society and Shelbyville Fire Station No. 1.
This print is from ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hiroshige’s Night Snow at Kambara from the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) woodblock print series. Kanbara was the 15th post station along the Tōkaidō, an eastern coastal route developed in the Edo period (1603-1867) spanning nearly 320 miles between modern-day Tokyo and Kyoto. This style of print is similar to The Big Wave, though it is from a different series.
Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society is operated by the Shelby County Historical Society. It is located at 52 W. Broadway Street, Shelbyville, IN. The museum is free to the public and features 20,000 sq. feet of galleries and exhibits. There are three rotating galleries and three permanent galleries featuring The Streets of Old Shelby, Building Shelby County and The Train room featuring working model trains. The museum is open to the public Wednesday-Saturday from 10am-4pm. For more information about the Grover Center, visit us at www.grovercenter.org.
