Utagawa Hiroshige
Plum Park in Kameido
From $80
This print is soft hills, a pale sky and small figures, and a dull copy flattens the pass. Our Hiroshige Nissaka print was made from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s impression and graded so the hills keep their colour and every traveller stays clear.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
28x18 inch, 40x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its long, wide shape suits a living room above a sofa or sideboard, or a study. The soft greens, blues and sand tones look calm with white, sage and natural wood, and a natural or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone by Hiroshige
The Formal Script Tōkaidō
Hiroshige drew the Tōkaidō road again and again, in some thirty different series. This one, from around 1848 to 1850, is known as the Formal Script Tōkaidō, for the style of lettering in its title. Nissaka was a stop in the mountains along the way.
The stone that weeps
Legend says bandits killed a pregnant woman on this pass, and her blood fell on a stone by the road. Her spirit went into the stone, and every night it wept. There it lies in the middle of the road, while travellers pass by.
A child saved
In some versions of the story, the stone’s crying led a passing monk, really the bodhisattva Kannon in disguise, to the woman’s baby, who had survived. The monk raised the child, who grew up to avenge its mother. This impression belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Read the story
In the middle of this road lies a stone, and the story goes that every night, it cries.
Utagawa Hiroshige drew the Tōkaidō, the great road from Edo to Kyoto, again and again, in some thirty different series.
This one, made around 1848, is called the Formal Script Tōkaidō, after the style of lettering in its title.
Nissaka was a stop high in the mountains, on a pass called Sayo no Nakayama.
Legend says that bandits killed a young woman here, a woman expecting a child, and her blood fell on a stone by the road.
Her spirit went into the stone. And every night, it wept.
In some versions of the story, a passing monk hears it crying. He's really the bodhisattva Kannon in disguise, and he finds her baby, still alive.
The monk raises the child, who grows up to avenge its mother.
So travellers stopped here, between the tall trees, to look at a plain round rock.
This impression belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone. Utagawa Hiroshige, about 1848.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
