Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi

Utagawa Hiroshige

1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo

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Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi

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About this work

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Year: 1857
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Original size: approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
Collection: National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303244; many other impressions exist)
Movement: Ukiyo-e
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

A deep blue stream winds through the foreground beside a path where a few travellers walk, and on the wooded hill at right a small thatched hermitage sits among pines and trees in red bloom. Beyond the stream, flat fields stretch away to a red band of sky. The print is number forty in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fourth month of 1857. The stream is the Kanda aqueduct at Sekiguchi, and the hermitage commemorated the poet Matsuo Bashō, who is said to have lived nearby while working on the aqueduct. Hiroshige gives the scene the quiet of a poem; impressions vary in colour and condition.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Deep stream blue, soft green and spots of red camellia, for a study, reading corner or bedroom at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Benten Shrine at the Inokashira Pond, the source of the same aqueduct.

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 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi in the public domain?

Yes. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Diet Library.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18 and 16×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi painted, and in what medium?

Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi dates from 1857 and was made in woodblock print; ink and color on paper; the original measures approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban).

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 16×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 12×18 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi (Utagawa Hiroshige) — Bashō's Hermitage on Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo · Utagawa Hiroshige · 1857. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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