Shionada: The Chikuma River
c. 1835–38 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- c. 1835–38
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 22.8 × 35.3 cm
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (impression 1985.240; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
On the bank of the wide blue Chikuma River, three men in short coats and loincloths walk past boats drawn up at the water's edge, one wrapped in a straw cape and hat. At the right, a great tree shades a thatched teahouse, where porters sit at benches and eat under a reed awning. Dark green woods and grey mountains line the far shore under an orange and red sky. This is print twenty-four 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. Shionada was the twenty-third station on the Nakasendō, the inland road from Edo to Kyoto; the English title is descriptive, and 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
Clear river blue, grey ground and a dark green tree under a warm orange sky, for a living room, study or home office at 24×16 in black. It pairs with Hiroshige's Fukuroi: Outdoor Tea Stall for two roadside stops for tea.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1835–38)
- 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, 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).
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The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
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