The "Armour-Hanging Pine" at Hakkeizaka Bluff
1856 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1856
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 36.3 × 24.5 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC (impression LC-DIG-jpd-01327; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A gnarled pine leans out from the edge of a bluff, its branches spread like a canopy, while below it travellers rest at a teahouse, a man leads a horse and porters carry a palanquin down the slope. Beyond lie pale rice fields and the blue waters of the bay, scattered with sails. The print is number twenty-six in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fifth month of 1856. The pine at Hakkeizaka, on the road south of Edo, took its name from a legend that the warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie hung his armour on it. A band of red bokashi lights the horizon behind the ships; 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
A dark green pine against pale fields and deep blue water, for a study, home office or hallway at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with "Robe-Hanging Pine" at Senzoku Pond, another pine with a legend.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, 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).
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About this design
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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
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