{"product_id":"ryogoku-bridge-sunset-poster-sekiyo","title":"Ryogoku Bridge Sunset Poster 'Sekiyo'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHokusai print of a sunset under Ryogoku Bridge, ferry passengers and Fuji beyond\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ferry full of people, a bridge, and the mountain at sunset. This is Hokusai's view from the bank of the Sumida river in Edo: a ferry crosses in the foreground with its passengers packed in and the boatman at his pole, the long wooden arc of Ryogoku Bridge spans the picture behind them, and Fuji sits small on the horizon under a sky that goes from rose to blue. The river is the widest thing in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the print for a person who likes a crowd, and the ferry is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sekiyo, is the evening sun, the light of the print, and the picture is named for its hour.\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 passengers are the detail: a dozen people in the ferry, drawn with their backs and hats towards us, one with a basket, one with a child, and the boatman standing at the stern. The bridge behind is drawn as a long low curve on many posts, and the water is banded in blue.\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 river picture with a bridge. From close the ferry shows its passengers, the bridge its posts, and the mountain its size. It is the print for a person who has crossed a river at sunset.\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":59207967211868,"sku":"200000886:200005377#40cmX60cm(No Frame);14:200006153#12","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50X75cm","offer_id":59207967244636,"sku":"200000886:200005379#50cmX75cm(No Frame);14:200006153#12","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60X90cm","offer_id":59207967277404,"sku":"200000886:200004519#60cmX90cm(No Frame);14:200006153#12","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/ryogoku-bridge-sunset-poster-sekiyo-1.jpg?v=1790585669","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/ryogoku-bridge-sunset-poster-sekiyo","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}