Urawa: Distant View of Mount Asama
c. 1835–36 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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About this work
- Artist
- Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)
- Year
- c. 1835–36
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- approx. 23 × 35 cm (horizontal ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1306251, call no. 寄別2-2-1-5; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
On a sandy road between green fields, a man leads a packhorse loaded with straw bales while a child behind it gathers up droppings with a scoop. Travellers in blue walk toward a row of thatched houses at the right, thin young trees line the way, and at the far left the dark cone of Mount Asama sends up a curl of smoke beneath a red band of sky. This is print four of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi), c. 1835–36. Keisai Eisen, who designed it, began the series and Utagawa Hiroshige completed it. Urawa was the third station on the Nakasendō, the inland road from Edo to Kyoto; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Pale sand, soft green and a smoking grey mountain under a red-edged sky, for a hallway, study or office at 16×24 in black. It pairs with Oiwake: View of Mount Asama, a closer view of the same volcano further along the road.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1835–36)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
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About this design
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
