Cushion Pine at Aoyama
c. 1830–1832 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
- Year
- c. 1830–1832
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 25.4 × 38.1 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (impression JP28; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
A huge pine, trained into a low, rounded mound of green, fills the lower right of the sheet, with visitors gathered around a stone lantern on the path beside it. Above the bands of mist, Mount Fuji rises as a dark, graded cone against a blue sky. The print belongs to Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, published around 1830–1832 by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō). The cushion pine grew in the grounds of a temple at Aoyama in Edo and was famous for its spreading, cushion-like shape. Hokusai repeats the rounded form of the tree against the pointed mountain behind; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Deep pine green and misty cream with a dark Fuji, for a living room, study or bedroom at 24×16 in natural wood. It pairs with Hiroshige's "Five Pines" and the Onagi Canal, another famous trained pine.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1830–1832)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, 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. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
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.





























