The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
📦 Free shipping on every order, arriving in 4–9 business days with production included. Express ($14.90) at checkout arrives in 4–6 business days.
This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 36.3 × 24.1 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC (impression LC-DIG-jpd-02965; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Branches of a silk tree in pink, feathery flower hang across the top of the sheet, and below, a raftsman in a straw hat poles a timber raft along the calm Ayase River between banks of tall reeds. A swallow darts above the water and a line of trees stands on the far bank under a red horizon. The print is number sixty-three in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the first month of 1857. Kanegafuchi lay where the Ayase River joins the Sumida, on the rural north-eastern edge of the city. The silk tree flowers in summer, placing the view in the summer section of 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
Soft pink blossom and fern-green leaves over a pale blue river, for a bedroom, bathroom or reading corner at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with The Kawaguchi Ferry and Zenkōji Temple for two views of timber rafts.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, 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
Shipping & returns
Is this the whole painting, or a crop?
Is The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi in the public domain?
What is it printed on?
When was The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi painted, and in what medium?
What size works above a sofa or bed?
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.
