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Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple

Utagawa Hiroshige

1858 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo

MaterialHeavyweight matte paper

Size2:3 ratio

Frame

$59Unframed print · made to order

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About this work

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Year: 1858
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Original size: approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
Collection: National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303285; many other impressions exist)
Movement: Ukiyo-e
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

A group of travellers in straw hats, some shading themselves with fans, gathers in the broad road in the foreground, while monks in yellow robes and wide hats stand at the left. Behind a low stone embankment and wall rise the roofs of the Shiba Shinmei shrine, with its crossed roof beams, and the woods of Zōjōji temple under a red horizon. The print is number seventy-nine in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the seventh month of 1858. The Shinmei shrine stood next to Zōjōji, the Tokugawa family temple in Shiba, and the area drew visitors from all over the country. Hiroshige makes the visitors themselves the subject, with lively colour in their clothes; 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

A cheerful crowd in green, red and yellow before dark woods, for a hallway, family room or home office at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with The Pagoda of Zōjōji Temple and Akabane, another view of the same temple.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Ukiyo-e painting
Era: 19th century (1858)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cornflower blue
Mood: calm
Rooms: hallway or entryway, home office, 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

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Also available as gallery-wrapped canvas — ready to hang, no frame needed • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

Very slightly cropped. This full-bleed edition prints the painting edge to edge, so a thin sliver, a few percent at most, is trimmed from two opposite edges to fit the print size. We only offer it on paintings whose proportions already come that close to the sheet. For the whole painting, uncropped, choose the gallery edition.

Is Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple in the public domain?

Yes. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Diet Library.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18 and 16×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple painted, and in what medium?

Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple dates from 1858 and was made in woodblock print; ink and color on paper; the original measures approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban).

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 16×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 12×18 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple (Utagawa Hiroshige) — the painting printed edge to edge, very slightly cropped to fit the sheet. Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zōjōji Temple, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo · Utagawa Hiroshige · 1858. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, printed edge to edge, very slightly cropped to fit the sheet, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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