Totsuka: Motomachi Fork
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
- 23.9 × 36 cm
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (impression 1948-134-6; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
A traveller swings down from his horse in front of a teahouse called Komeya, whose sign hangs from the eaves beside a row of paper plaques, while a woman at the door waits to greet him and other travellers stand by. Behind them a stone lantern and a marker post stand at a fork in the road, a man crosses a red-railed bridge at the right, and the land falls away to fields under an orange sky. The print is number six in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. At Totsuka, the fifth station, a side road branched off from the highway toward Kamakura, and the marker post shows the way; 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 travelling clothes, a brown horse and soft green ground under an orange sky, for a hallway, entrance or study at 24×16 in black. It pairs with Fujisawa: Yugyō Temple, the next station on the road.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, 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.
