Shinagawa Susaki
1856 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1856
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- approx. 36 × 24 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1303289; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
From a high viewpoint, the wide blue bay at Shinagawa is scattered with white sails, and in the foreground a low spit of land curls into the water, covered in pines, with a small shrine and torii gate at its tip. Geese fly in a long line across a pale pink sky. The print is number eighty-three in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the fourth month of 1856. Shinagawa was the first post town on the Tōkaidō road south from Edo, and the sandbar at Susaki held a shrine to Benten. The bay is printed in graded blues that deepen toward the foreground; 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 bay blue with white sails and green pines, for a bathroom, living room or coastal home at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with View of Shiba Coast for two views of Edo Bay.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1856)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bathroom, dining room, dorm 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.
