Shionada: The Chikuma River
c. 1835–38 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- c. 1835–38
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 22.8 × 35.3 cm
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (impression 1985.240; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
On the bank of the wide blue Chikuma River, three men in short coats and loincloths walk past boats drawn up at the water's edge, one wrapped in a straw cape and hat. At the right, a great tree shades a thatched teahouse, where porters sit at benches and eat under a reed awning. Dark green woods and grey mountains line the far shore under an orange and red sky. This is print twenty-four of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, published by Hōeidō and later Kinjudō, c. 1835–38. Keisai Eisen began the series and Utagawa Hiroshige, who designed this sheet, completed it. Shionada was the twenty-third 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
Clear river blue, grey ground and a dark green tree under a warm orange sky, for a living room, study or home office at 16×24 in black. It pairs with Hiroshige's Fukuroi: Outdoor Tea Stall for two roadside stops for tea.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1835–38)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, home office, dining 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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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.
