Senju Great Bridge
1856 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1856
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 36.2 × 24 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC (impression LC-DIG-jpd-01336; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
The long wooden Senju Great Bridge crosses the river on many timber piers, busy with travellers on foot and a rider on horseback, while sailing boats move upstream past wooded banks and village roofs. A dark mountain lies on the horizon under a red band of sky. The print is number one hundred and three in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the second month of 1856. The Senju bridge was the first bridge built over the Sumida, and Senju was the first post town on the roads leading north from Edo. Hiroshige shows the bridge at an angle so that its piers make a strong rhythm across the bottom of the sheet; 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
River blue and soft green with a grey timber bridge, for a hallway, study or home office at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with Yatsukōji, Inside Sujikai Gate for two views of travel on the roads out of the city.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- 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 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
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).
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About this design
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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.
