Mariko: Famous Teahouse
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
- 25.2 × 37.5 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago (impression 1925.3523; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Under a soft pink sky, two travellers sit eating on the bench of a thatched teahouse while a woman with a baby on her back serves them, and a man walks off along the road at the left. A long sign advertises the shop's speciality, tororo-jiru, a soup of grated yam, and a plum tree in early white blossom stands beside the eaves. The print is number twenty-one in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Mariko, the twentieth station, was a small village in the hills west of Fuchū, and its yam soup was well known to travellers on the road; 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
Soft pink sky, brown thatch and indigo figures, for a kitchen, dining room or study at 24×16 in natural wood. It pairs with Fukuroi: Outdoor Tea Stall for two roadside stops for food and tea.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, study or library, living 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
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.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
