Utagawa Hiroshige
Plum Park in Kameido
From $80
This print is hundreds of fine lines of rain over grey water, and a soft copy blurs them into fog. Our Hiroshige sudden shower print was made from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s impression and graded so every line of rain stays crisp and the dark cloud keeps its depth.
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
12x18 inch, 16x24 inch, 20x30 inch, 24x36 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall shape suits a hallway, a study or a narrow wall. The greys, blues and warm wood tones look calm with white, navy and natural oak, and a natural or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake by Hiroshige
Edo, 1857
Hiroshige made this print in 1857 for his series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, the city we now call Tokyo. Two years earlier an earthquake and fires had torn through Edo, and the series shows the city rebuilt. The Great Bridge over the Sumida River was new again.
White rain
A sudden storm has caught everyone on the bridge. People hurry in both directions under hats, umbrellas and straw capes, and a man poles a log raft down the river. Hiroshige called it white rain: the downpour is cut as thin dark lines in two directions, which was hard work for the carver.
The print Van Gogh copied
Vincent van Gogh saw this print on the cover of a Paris magazine in 1886, and the next year he painted his own copy of it, in brighter colours. One critic counts its sky among the ten best in art. This impression belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Read the story
A summer storm has just caught everyone on the bridge, and nobody is going to stay dry.
It's 1857, in Edo, the city we now call Tokyo. Two years earlier an earthquake and fires tore through it, and now the city is rebuilding.
Utagawa Hiroshige is sixty, a Buddhist monk by now, and he is drawing his own city, view by view, for a series called One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
Here is the Great Bridge over the Sumida River, newly built again.
People hurry across it in both directions, bent under hats and umbrellas and straw capes. Below them, a man poles a raft of logs down the river.
Hiroshige called this white rain. The carver cut it as a great many thin dark lines, running in two directions, which was very hard to do in wood.
The dark cloud on top was wiped onto the block by hand, so no two prints of it are quite the same.
Thirty years later, a Dutch painter in Paris saw this print on the cover of a magazine. His name was Vincent van Gogh, and he painted his own copy of it.
This impression belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Listen for the rain, and watch the people running.
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake. Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857.
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.
