The Ferry at Haneda and the Benten Shrine
1858 · 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
- 1858
- 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-02928; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
The muscular leg and arm of a ferryman fill the foreground as he works a long oar, the rope of the scull running down beside him, and between his limbs the view opens across the shallows to the Benten shrine among pines and a tall lantern on the shore. Boats and sails dot the water, and a red horizon glows beyond the bay. The print is number seventy-two in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the eighth month of 1858. Haneda lay on the coast south of Edo, at the mouth of the Tama River, and its shrine to Benten was a place of pilgrimage. The figure is cut so tightly that only his limbs remain, one of the most daring compositions 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
Sea blues and a bold figure in warm skin tones, for a study, den or home office at 24×36 in black. It pairs with Yoroi Ferry, Koami-chō for two ferry crossings.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1858)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, 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).
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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.
