Kanaya: The Far Bank of the Ōi River
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Art Institute of Chicago
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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
- 24.3 × 35.9 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago (impression 1939.1359; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
A procession crosses the Ōi River in a long, thin line, porters carrying palanquins and baggage over sandbars and through shallow blue channels toward the near bank. Beyond the river rise green, rocky hills and the dark cone of a mountain under a pale yellow sky. The print is number twenty-five in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Kanaya, the twenty-fourth station, lay on the Tōtōmi side of the river opposite Shimada, so travellers coming from Edo reached it only after being carried across. Hiroshige shows the crossing from both banks, in this print and the one before it; 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
Pale sand, deep blue channels and soft green hills under a yellow sky, for a living room, study or office at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Shimada: The Suruga Bank of the Ōi River for the whole crossing in two prints.
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, home office, 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.
