Hakone: The Lake
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Art Institute of Chicago
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1833–34
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 24.2 × 36.2 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago (impression 1925.3511; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
A huge crag fills the centre of the sheet, built from jagged patches of green, ochre, brown and blue, and along its lower slope a small procession threads its way down the mountain road. To the left lies the deep blue water of Lake Ashi, ringed by pale hills, with a faint white Fuji on the far horizon. The print is number eleven in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Hakone, the tenth station, stood high in the mountains on the shore of the lake, and the road over the Hakone Pass, with its government checkpoint, was one of the hardest climbs on the whole route; 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
A patchwork crag in green, ochre and blue beside deep lake water, for a living room, study or office at 24×16 in black. It pairs with Hokusai's Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province for two mountain lakes under Fuji.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, home office, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
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
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.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
