Ashida: The Mountain Pass
c. 1835 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- c. 1835
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 25.4 × 37.9 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (impression JP586; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
The road dips into a hollow between steep, rounded hills of bright green, dotted with tall, dark trees. In the hollow travellers rest at a teahouse and a palanquin is carried along the path, while others climb the far crest at the right; behind them a dark grey crag and a peak washed in pink-orange rise against a sky that turns deep blue at the top. This is print twenty-seven of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, published by Hōeidō and later Kinjudō, c. 1835. Keisai Eisen began the series and Utagawa Hiroshige, who designed this sheet, completed it. Ashida was the twenty-sixth station on the Nakasendō, the inland road from Edo to Kyoto; the English title is descriptive, and 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
Bright green hills, dark trees and a pink peak under a deep blue sky, for a living room, home office or study at 24×36 in natural wood. It pairs with Wada: The Snowy Pass, the next climb on the road, for a green and a snow-covered pass.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1835)
- 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 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).
Details & materials
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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.
