Seidō and Kanda River from Shōhei Bridge
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303250; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Heavy rain slants across the whole sheet in fine lines, falling from a dark grey sky onto a steep green bank at left and the Kanda River below, where a boat makes its way beneath the trees. Up on the slope, small figures with umbrellas climb a path toward the wall of the Seidō on the hill. The print is number forty-seven in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the ninth month of 1857. The Seidō at Yushima was the Confucian temple and academy of the shogunate. Hiroshige cuts the rain into the block in long straight lines, a technique he used for several of his best-known storms; 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
Slanting grey rain over green slopes and blue water, for a study, hallway or bathroom at 16×24 in black. It pairs with Suidō Bridge and the Surugadai Quarter, its neighbour on the same river.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bathroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, 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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About this design
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