In the Akiba Shrine at Ukeji
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 36.3 × 24.9 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (impression RP-P-1968-301; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A pale pond spreads across the sheet, ringed by pines and trees in rusty red autumn leaf, whose shapes are mirrored on the still water. At the lower left a small pavilion juts over the pond, where an old man sits at a low table and a younger companion stands beside him. The print is number ninety-one in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the eighth month of 1857. The grounds of the Akiba shrine at Ukeji, across the Sumida, were known for their maples and pond garden. The soft greys and pale water give the print a muted, reflective quality unusual in the series; 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
Rust-red maples on pale grey water, for a study, bedroom or reading corner at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with The Maple Trees at Mama, the Tekona Shrine and Tsugihashi Bridge for two autumn maples.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm 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. 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).
Details & materials
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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.


























