Imasu: The Provincial Boundary

Utagawa Hiroshige

c. 1835–38 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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Imasu: The Provincial Boundary

Agematsu: The Waterfall

Akasaka: The Bridge over the Stream

3 × $59 at 24 × 16 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

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About this work

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Year: c. 1835–38
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
Original size: approx. 23 × 35 cm (horizontal ōban)
Collection: National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1306254, call no. 寄別2-2-1-5; many other impressions exist)
Movement: Ukiyo-e
Series: Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

Travellers pass a tall wooden post inscribed with the boundary between two provinces, beside a row of thatched shops with lettered signs. A man seated in a doorway lights his pipe from a passer-by's, a traveller in a yellow hat walks toward us and a porter carries two straw bales on a pole. A large tree stands at the right above fields running out to a blue mountain. This is print sixty of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, published by Hōeidō and later Kinjudō, c. 1835–38. Keisai Eisen began the series and Utagawa Hiroshige, who designed this sheet, completed it. Imasu was the fifty-ninth station on the Nakasendō, the inland road from Edo to Kyoto; the English title is descriptive, and 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

Golden thatch, a red-brown road and a deep blue sky with dark green trees, for a hallway, entrance or study at 24×16 in black. It pairs with Fukushima: The Barrier Gate for two crossing points on the road.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Ukiyo-e painting
Era: 19th century (c. 1835–38)
Orientation: Landscape
Palette: cornflower blue
Mood: calm
Rooms: hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, 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. 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

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Imasu: The Provincial Boundary in the public domain?

Yes. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Diet Library.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12 and 24×16 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Imasu: The Provincial Boundary painted, and in what medium?

Imasu: The Provincial Boundary dates from c. 1835–38 and was made in woodblock print; ink and colour on paper; the original measures approx. 23 × 35 cm (horizontal ōban).

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×16 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 18×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Imasu: The Provincial Boundary we'd choose 24×16. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Imasu: The Provincial Boundary (Utagawa Hiroshige) — Imasu: The Provincial Boundary, Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō · Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1835–38. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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