Hibiya and Soto-Sakurada from Yamashita-chō
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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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
- 36.3 × 24.1 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC (impression LC-DIG-jpd-02962; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A battledore paddle and a feathered shuttlecock cut into the right edge of the picture, the legs of a kite dangle from the top, and a pine branch sprawls across the foreground: all New Year games, set against the wide castle moat where ducks swim beneath stone walls. Across the water stand the white walls and red gates of daimyo residences, with a small white Fuji on the horizon at left. The print is number three in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi; its censor's seal is dated the twelfth month of 1857, so it was issued well after many later numbers in the series. Hiroshige often builds these views on a large close-up object at the edge of the sheet with a distant scene behind it. The sky is printed with a graded bokashi from rose to pale yellow; 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
Teal moat water, pine green and a pale peach sky with a playful kite and paddle, for a hallway, home office or family room at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Kasumigaseki as a pair of New Year views.
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, 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. 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).
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