Kanaya: The Far Bank of the Ōi River
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Art Institute of Chicago
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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
- 24.3 × 35.9 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago (impression 1939.1359; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
A procession crosses the Ōi River in a long, thin line, porters carrying palanquins and baggage over sandbars and through shallow blue channels toward the near bank. Beyond the river rise green, rocky hills and the dark cone of a mountain under a pale yellow sky. The print is number twenty-five in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Kanaya, the twenty-fourth station, lay on the Tōtōmi side of the river opposite Shimada, so travellers coming from Edo reached it only after being carried across. Hiroshige shows the crossing from both banks, in this print and the one before it; 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
Pale sand, deep blue channels and soft green hills under a yellow sky, for a living room, study or office at 24×16 in natural wood. It pairs with Shimada: The Suruga Bank of the Ōi River for the whole crossing in two prints.
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
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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.
