View from the Hilltop of Yushima Tenjin Shrine
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
- 36.3 × 24.1 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC (impression LC-DIG-jpd-02927; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
From the snowy hilltop at Yushima Tenjin, past a stone torii and the red front of a teahouse, the view drops over white rooftops to the deep blue Shinobazu Pond and its snow-covered island. A few figures walk in the snow, and a band of red glows above the far shore. The print is number one hundred and seventeen in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fourth month of 1856. The Yushima Tenjin shrine stood on a bluff above the Shinobazu Pond, and the top of its slope was a famous lookout. The snow is printed in soft whites with blue shadows against the dark water; 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
Winter white and deep pond blue with a touch of red, for an entrance hall, bedroom or study at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno, which looks over the same pond in spring.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, 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
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.
