Tsumago: The Mountain Road
c. 1835–38 · 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
- c. 1835–38
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 26 × 37.8 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago (impression 1939.2208; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
A mountain road winds between slopes washed in teal, ochre and grey, with dark pines clinging to their edges. A porter carries red boxes on a shoulder pole, an old man with a staff walks under a tall pack and a woman bends forward against the climb, while a woodcutter crosses the high ridge. A blue mountain stands at the left under a lavender sky. This is print forty-three 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. Tsumago was the forty-second 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
Teal and ochre slopes with dark pines and red boxes under a lavender sky, for a hallway, study or home office at 24×16 in black. It pairs with Magome: Distant View from the Pass, the next station 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, home office, 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
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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.
