{"product_id":"cushion-pine-ukiyo-e-poster-enzamatsu","title":"Cushion Pine Ukiyo-e Poster 'Enzamatsu'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHokusai print of the cushion pine at Aoyama, a round-topped tree and Fuji behind\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tree shaped like a cushion, and the mountain over it. This is Hokusai's view of the cushion pine at Aoyama, a famous tree clipped into a great flat dome that fills the lower half of the picture in dark green, with picnickers on the grass beneath it at the right, a pale lake and low hills beyond, and Fuji rising blue with a white cap against a cream sky. The tree is the subject and the mountain is the reply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the print for a person who likes a shape, and the pine is one of the best shapes in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Enzamatsu, is the cushion pine, the round-clipped tree of the print, and the picture is named for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print is reproduced from the woodblock print on a textured canvas, stretched round a wooden frame with the image wrapping the edges, so it hangs without a frame and without glass. The colours are the print's own: the deep Prussian blue, the cream of the paper, the greens and the rose of the sky. The cartouche with the series title and the artist's signature is printed in the corner, as on the Edo sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a single nail at eye level, alone or in a row of three with two others from the series, which is how they look best. It goes above a desk, a sofa or a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dome is the detail: the pine is drawn as a single mass of dark green with its edge scalloped by the needles, and the picnickers at its foot give it its size, which is enormous. Fuji behind is drawn in flat blue with the snow in white, and the lake between is a band of pale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery print in the collection is photographed on the same wall at the same scale, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft dry cloth or a brush; do not wet it. Keep it out of direct sun, which fades the blue over years, and away from a radiator, which loosens the canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a dark green dome under a blue mountain. From close the dome shows its scallops, the picnickers their cloths, and the lake its boats. It is the print for a study and a person who likes a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree sizes: 40 by 60 cm, 50 by 75 cm and 60 by 90 cm. The smallest suits a shelf or a small wall, the middle a desk, the largest a wall on its own. The image is the same in all three.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"40X60cm","offer_id":59207969243484,"sku":"200000886:200005377#40cmX60cm(No Frame);14:200006151#06","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50X75cm","offer_id":59207969276252,"sku":"200000886:200005379#50cmX75cm(No Frame);14:200006151#06","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60X90cm","offer_id":59207969309020,"sku":"200000886:200004519#60cmX90cm(No Frame);14:200006151#06","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/cushion-pine-ukiyo-e-poster-enzamatsu-1.jpg?v=1790585653","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/cushion-pine-ukiyo-e-poster-enzamatsu","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}