Shitaya Hirokōji
1856 · 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
- 1856
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303217; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A wide avenue runs past a large merchant's building at the right, its blue-tiled roof and shopfront curtains in red and indigo with white crests, while a party of women under matching red-and-white umbrellas files along the street at the left. Porters and passers-by fill the road, and the trees of Ueno hill rise at the end of the view under a pink evening sky. The print is number thirteen in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the ninth month of 1856. Hirokōji means broad street: these wide roads were cleared in Edo as firebreaks and became busy places for trade. The repeated umbrellas and crests make a bright pattern against the grey 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 and red shopfronts with a stream of red-and-white umbrellas, for a hallway, kitchen or home office at 16×24 in black. It pairs with Ueno Yamashita, the neighbouring street at the foot of the same hill.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, 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
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About this design
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