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 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 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. 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.
