Komakata Hall and Azuma Bridge
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 36.3 × 24.1 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC (impression LC-DIG-jpd-02958; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Rain falls in fine lines from a deep blue sky, where a single cuckoo flies at the top of the sheet, and a red banner hangs from a tall pole in the right foreground. Below, the roof of Komakata Hall sits in the lower left corner, and across the grey-blue river the long Azuma Bridge and green bank fade into the wet air. The print is number sixty-two in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the first month of 1857. The cuckoo is a traditional emblem of early summer in Japanese poetry. Hiroshige keeps the design spare, with the bird, the banner and the bridge spaced across an open sky; 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 indigo sky with a single red banner and pale river, for a study, bedroom or hallway at 24×36 in black. It pairs with Distant View of Kinryūzan Temple and the Azuma Bridge, another view of the same bridge.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining 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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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
