Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno
1856 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1856
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303215; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
The red Kiyomizu Hall stands on its timber stilts at the right, its veranda crowded with visitors, while cherry trees in full white bloom cover the slope below. To the left a pine trained into a perfect loop frames a view down to Shinobazu Pond and the small island in its waters. The print is number eleven in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fourth month of 1856. The hall at Ueno was built in imitation of the famous Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and Ueno's cherry blossoms were among the great spring sights of Edo. Hiroshige gave the looped pine a print of its own later in the series; 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
Cherry-blossom white, temple red and a deep blue pond, for a living room, bedroom or entrance hall at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Cherry Blossoms on the Banks of the Tama River for a spring pair.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
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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