Narumi: Famous Arimatsu Tie-dyed Cloth
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
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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
- 23.6 × 36.4 cm
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (impression 1948-134-41; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Along a wide street, shops hang deep indigo curtains and display bolts of patterned cloth as travellers pass by: two women on foot in wide hats, a woman carried in a palanquin, and a man on horseback with a groom. Tall trees rise between the long grey roofs, and the sky shades from deep blue to pink at the horizon. The print is number forty-one in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Near Narumi, the fortieth station, the village of Arimatsu was known for shibori, cloth dyed in fine tie-dye patterns, which was sold 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
Indigo shop curtains, a soft teal ground and a pink evening sky, for a dressing room, hallway or bedroom at 24×16 in black. It pairs with Shops with Cotton Goods in Ōdenma-chō, another Hiroshige street of indigo cloth shops.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, 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. 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.
