Many Japanese prints reflect a reverence for nature and the changing seasons. In Red Blossom Plum, artist Utagawa Hiroshige focuses on the moment flowers bloom, adding a poem about spring in Japanese characters. To give a three-dimensional appearance to his painting, Act Eight, Utagawa Kuniyoshi adds highlights and shadows to represent a mountain’s jagged terrain. In his Beauty Walking on a Snowy Day, Utagawa Kunisada explores the transition between seasons.