Ekōin Temple in Ryōgoku and Moto-Yanagi Bridge
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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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
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303209; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
The tall bamboo scaffold of a drum tower rises up the left edge, a pair of cloth streamers flying from its top, and behind it the view opens across the Sumida River to sailing boats, low wooded banks and a white Fuji on the horizon. The tower stood at the Ekōin Temple in Ryōgoku, where sumo tournaments were held, and its drum announced the bouts. The print is number five in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fifth month of 1857. As often in this series, Hiroshige cuts the near object off at the edge so that it frames the distant scene. A rose band of bokashi glows along the horizon; 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
Bamboo scaffold against a pale sky, soft blue river and small white sails, for a hallway, home office or den at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank, another view of the same stretch of river.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, home office, 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. 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
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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
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
