The Fukagawa Lumberyards
1856 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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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
- 34.7 × 22.4 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (impression RP-P-1968-299; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Snow falls thickly over the Fukagawa lumberyards, where tall logs lean in stacks on the left and long timbers float in the channels below, worked by men with poles. A dog walks through the snow, sparrows fly through the grey sky, and at the bottom of the sheet the top of a large umbrella fills the foreground. The print is number one hundred and six in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the eighth month of 1856. Fukagawa was the centre of Edo's timber trade, and logs were stored in its waterways. The snow is printed as small reserved flakes across a dark grey sky; 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
Snowy whites, soft greys and pale blue water with a warm yellow umbrella, for a living room, study or hallway at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with Sanjusangendō Hall in Fukagawa, its neighbour across the water.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, 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. 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).
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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.


























