Nihonbashi Edo Ukiyo-e Print 'Nihonbashi'
Hokusai's view of Nihonbashi in Edo, a crowd packed on the bridge in the foreground, boats and warehouses along the canal and Fuji small over the castle beyond, on stretched canvas in three sizes.
Nihonbashi Edo Ukiyo-e Print 'Nihonbashi'
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Canvas print of Hokusai's Nihonbashi in Edo from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: a crowd of hats and loads fills the bridge at the bottom, boats and white warehouses line the canal running back, the castle roofs rise at the end and Fuji sits small and white beyond. Stretched on a wooden frame, three sizes.
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The composition is stated in the description and printed on the inner label. Machine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours. Hang to dry. Iron on low, inside out over prints or embroidery.
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About this piece
Hokusai print of Nihonbashi in Edo, a crowd on the bridge, warehouses and Fuji beyond
The busiest bridge in Japan, and the mountain at the end of the street. This is Hokusai's view of Nihonbashi, the bridge at the centre of Edo from which all distances were measured: a crowd of hats, loads and shoulders fills the bottom of the picture, boats and white-walled warehouses line the canal that runs straight back from it, the roofs of the castle rise at the end, and Fuji sits small and white above them. It is the most crowded view in the series and the one with the deepest perspective.
It is the print for a person who likes a city, and this is the city at its centre.
The name, Nihonbashi, is the bridge of the print's title, the bridge of Japan, and the picture is the view from it.
The 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.
Hang 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.
The crowd is the detail: drawn as a band of hats and bundles along the bottom edge with no faces, it is the picture's foreground and its joke, because we are on the bridge and cannot see past the people. The warehouses run back in a line of white walls and grey roofs to the castle.
Every print in the collection is photographed on the same wall at the same scale, so the pages compare.
Dust 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.
From across a room it is a canal running into the distance. From close the crowd shows its hats, the boats their loads, and the castle its roofs. It is the print for an office and a person who lives in a city.
Three 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.
Questions about the japanese wall art
Are these original prints?
No. They are reproductions of Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, woodblock prints from the 1830s that are long out of copyright, printed on canvas or cloth from the images. Every page says so.
Canvas or poster?
The single views are printed on a textured canvas stretched round a wooden frame, with the image wrapping the edges, so they hang without a frame or glass. The three triptychs are cloth panels held in wooden hanging rails with a cord.
What sizes are there?
Singles: 40 by 60, 50 by 75 or 60 by 90 cm. Triptychs: three panels each of 30 by 60, 40 by 85 or 50 by 102 cm. Every print is photographed at the same scale, so the pages compare.
Are they made in Japan?
No. They are a Japanese design, made in Asia. We say so on every page.
How do I hang them?
A single canvas hangs on one nail or picture hook. A triptych hangs on three nails at the same height, a finger's width apart; the gaps become part of the picture.
How do I look after them?
Dust with a soft dry cloth; do not wet. Keep out of direct sun, which fades the blue over years, and away from radiators. Roll a triptych panel if it comes down; never fold it.
What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We say so on every page, because the alternative is selling you a word instead of a garment.
On the record
| Piece | Nihonbashi Edo Ukiyo-e Print 'Nihonbashi' |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 家Home |
| Collection | All japanese wall art |
| Fabric | Printed canvas, wooden stretcher frame |
| Sizes | 40X60cm · 50X75cm · 60X90cm |
| Made | Japanese design, made in Asia |
| Reference | YONA-0660 |
