Azuma no mori Shrine and the Entwined Camphor
1856 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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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
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303235; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A bright yellow path runs along a riverbank lined with cherry trees in pink bloom, leading toward the dark grove of the Azuma no mori shrine, where a tall tree rises above the rest. Boats move on the river in the foreground and a line of geese crosses the pale sky. The print is number thirty-one in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the seventh month of 1856. The entwined tree of the title, two trunks grown together, was a noted sight at the shrine. Hiroshige uses a high viewpoint and strong diagonals of path and river; 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
Sunny yellow, deep river blue and blossom pink against dark woods, for a bedroom, child's room or hallway at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Koume Embankment for two riverside paths.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, kids room, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, 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.
