View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street

Utagawa Hiroshige

1858 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street

Nihonbashi: Clearing after Snow

Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge

3 × $59 at 16 × 24 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

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About this work

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Year: 1858
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Original size: approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
Collection: National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303248; many other impressions exist)
Movement: Ukiyo-e
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

A troupe of street dancers in white robes gathers beneath a great fringed umbrella in pale blue and red, moving along a busy shopping street, while porters and townspeople in straw hats pass on either side. Behind them the merchants' shops hang deep blue curtains with large white marks. The print is number forty-four in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the eighth month of 1858. Nihonbashi Itchōme, the first block of the main street south of the bridge, was one of the busiest commercial streets of Edo. Hiroshige fills the sheet with figures and patterns, closer to a festival scene than a landscape; 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

Indigo shopfronts with a big pale blue and red umbrella, for a hallway, kitchen or family room at 16×24 in black. It pairs with The City Flourishing, the Tanabata Festival for two festive city scenes.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
Era: 19th century (1858)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cornflower blue, cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, 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

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street in the public domain?

Yes. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Diet Library.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street painted, and in what medium?

View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street dates from 1858 and was made in woodblock print; ink and color on paper; the original measures approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban).

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Hiroshige's View of Nihonbashi Itchōme Street — dancers with a huge parasol passing the shops of Nihonbashi Itchōme — the whole woodblock print shown uncropped beneath gallery typography. Plate 44 of One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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