Miya: The Atsuta Shrine Festival
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1833–34
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 22.5 × 34.6 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (impression RP-P-OB-JAP-11; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Two teams of men in short coats race across the ground at full stretch, hauling horses on long ropes toward the great red torii of Atsuta Shrine at the right. Bonfires burn by the houses at the upper left, where onlookers watch from the doorways, and the whole scene is printed in a dusky grey that suggests evening. The print is number forty-two in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Miya, the forty-first station, grew up around Atsuta Shrine, a major Shinto shrine, and was also the port where travellers took the boat across the bay to Kuwana; 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
Dusky greys and indigo with a bright red shrine gate, for a den, home gym or study at 24×36 in black. It pairs with The Sannō Festival Procession at Kōjimachi itchōme for two Hiroshige festival scenes.
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
- study or library, home gym, living room, 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.
