Katsushika Hokusai
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This is a woodblock print on paper, and a careless copy turns the clouds grey and the greens dull. We graded our Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō Ashikaga canvas and print beside the Met’s impression, so the clouds stay cream, the cliffs keep their greens and the deep blue at the top stays strong.
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
18x12 inch, 24x16 inch, 30x20 inch, 36x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
It sits beautifully in a calm bedroom, a study or a Japandi living room, above a low sideboard or desk. The greens, creams and deep blue go with natural wood, linen and stone, and a natural or black frame suits it.
About the painting
The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō by Katsushika Hokusai
Edo, about 1834
Hokusai was in his seventies and had just made his name with views of Mount Fuji. He started a new series for the same publisher: Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces, eleven prints in all. This is one of them, a bridge at Mount Gyōdō near the town of Ashikaga.
A bridge in the clouds
Two pillars of rock rise out of a sea of cloud, with temple buildings clinging to the right one. Between them hangs a thin wooden bridge. The sky darkens to a deep blue at the top, the new Prussian blue of his Mount Fuji prints.
Ukiyo-e
It was printed from carved woodblocks on a sheet about the size of a magazine page. Hokusai signed it as the man formerly called Hokusai. Our print is from the impression in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Read the story
Katsushika Hokusai once drew a bridge with nothing under it but clouds.
It's around 1834, in Edo, the city we now call Tokyo, and Hokusai is seventy-four years old.
A few years earlier, his pictures of Mount Fuji, with the great wave, had made him famous all over Japan.
Now his publisher wants more, so Hokusai starts a new set of eleven pictures: remarkable bridges from all over the country.
This one is at Mount Gyōdō, near the town of Ashikaga.
Two steep pillars of rock rise out of a sea of cloud, green and thick with trees. On the right one, temple buildings cling to the cliff, and a stairway zigzags up the rock.
And between the two, a thin wooden bridge hangs in the air.
Above it all, the sky deepens from pale blue to a dark, rich blue at the top, the same new blue that made his Fuji prints glow.
He draws it, and then it's carved into blocks of wood and printed by hand, one colour at a time.
At the side, he signs it with a new name: the man who used to be Hokusai. He changed his name many times in his life, as if he were always starting again.
Step onto the bridge. Don't look down. There's only cloud.
The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō. Katsushika Hokusai, 1834.
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.
