Fujisawa: Yugyō Temple
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1833–34
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 24 × 36.9 cm
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (impression 1948-134-7; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
A dark wooden torii stands in the foreground, and beside it a line of travellers with staffs walks toward a small bridge over a bright blue river into the town. Beyond the roofs, the buildings of Yugyō Temple rise among dense trees on a hill, reached by a long flight of steps, under a sky warmed with orange. The print is number seven in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Fujisawa, the sixth station, was a temple town around Yugyō-ji, head temple of the Ji school of Buddhism, and the torii marked the road to the shrine on the island of Enoshima; 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
A black torii against bright blue water and green banks, with a temple on a dark wooded hill, for a study, living room or reading corner at 16×24 in black. It pairs with Ishiyakushi: Ishiyakushi Temple for two temple towns along the road.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- 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).
Details & materials
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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.
