The Original Fuji in Meguro
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303229; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
A tall pine with a red trunk rises through the middle of the sheet beside the steep green flank of a man-made hill, where small figures make their way up the slope. To the left, visitors rest beneath cherry trees in pink bloom, and far away the white cone of the real Mount Fuji stands above a red horizon. The print is number twenty-five in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fourth month of 1857. The hill is the older of the two miniature Fujis at Meguro, built by members of a Fuji-worshipping confraternity, and Hiroshige issued it alongside his view of the newer one. Hiroshige cuts the mound off at the right edge so that the pine and the distant mountain carry the design; 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 pine green, blossom pink and a far white peak, for a study, living room or hallway at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with New Fuji in Meguro, its companion print.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, 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).
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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.





























