Hachiman Shrine in Ichigaya
1858 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1858
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303245; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
The red buildings of the Hachiman shrine rise on a wooded hill among cherry trees in bloom, reached by a flight of stone steps, while bands of pink mist drift across the rows of shops at its foot. A strip of the castle moat runs along the bottom of the sheet, and a flock of birds crosses the sky. The print is number forty-one in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the tenth month of 1858, making it one of the last prints of the series to be issued, in the year of Hiroshige's death. The shrine at Ichigaya overlooked the outer moat of Edo Castle. The layered mist separates the shrine from the town in a way typical of 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
Deep green woods, shrine red and soft pink mist, for a living room, study or hallway at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Sunrise at Kanda Myōjin Shrine for two hilltop shrines.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1858)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room, dorm 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.
