In the Akiba Shrine at Ukeji
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 36.3 × 24.9 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (impression RP-P-1968-301; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A pale pond spreads across the sheet, ringed by pines and trees in rusty red autumn leaf, whose shapes are mirrored on the still water. At the lower left a small pavilion juts over the pond, where an old man sits at a low table and a younger companion stands beside him. The print is number ninety-one in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the eighth month of 1857. The grounds of the Akiba shrine at Ukeji, across the Sumida, were known for their maples and pond garden. The soft greys and pale water give the print a muted, reflective quality unusual in the series; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Rust-red maples on pale grey water, for a study, bedroom or reading corner at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with The Maple Trees at Mama, the Tekona Shrine and Tsugihashi Bridge for two autumn maples.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
