Fukuroi: Outdoor Tea Stall
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1833–34
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 23.6 × 36.4 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (impression RP-P-2006-265; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Under a large tree at the edge of open fields, a woman tends a kettle hung over a smoking fire at an outdoor tea stall, while porters rest nearby, one bending to the coals. A thatched shelter stands at the left, a bird perches on a signpost at the right, and the fields stretch away flat to a line of trees under a blue sky. The print is number twenty-eight in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, co-published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudō) and Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Fukuroi, the twenty-seventh of the fifty-three stations, lay at the middle of the road between Edo and Kyoto, and simple stalls like this one served travellers between the towns; 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
Soft blue sky and pale fields with a dark tree and a curl of white smoke, for a kitchen, dining room or study at 36×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Mariko: Famous Teahouse for two roadside stops for food and tea.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, study or library, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
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
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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.
