Hodogaya: Shinmachi Bridge
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1833–34
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 24 × 36.5 cm
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (impression 1948-134-5; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Travellers in wide straw hats carry a palanquin over the Shinmachi Bridge, a wooden span with red rails, into a village of thatched teahouses roofed in orange and grey. Tall trees rise behind the houses, a rounded wooded hill fills the middle distance, and at the left the land opens out to fields and low blue hills under a band of orange sky. The print is number five in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Hodogaya was the fourth station, and the Shinmachi Bridge carried the road over the Katabira River at the entrance to the town; 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
Warm orange roofs, red bridge rails and soft river blue, for a hallway, kitchen or living room at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Hokusai's Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō for two views of the same station a few years apart.
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, kitchen, hallway or entryway, 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).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
