The Floating World
Ukiyo-e — pictures of the floating world: the theaters, the road, the rain, the moon.
Station 1 of 5 · 日本橋
Nihonbashi — dawn
Every road in Japan began here. The gates open; the porters cross; the day sets out.
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Station 2 of 5 · 箱根
Hakone — the pass
The road climbs into blue mountains. The lake below holds the last of the morning.
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Station 3 of 5 · 庄野
Shōno — driving rain
A cloudburst catches the porters mid-slope. Everyone is caught in the rain; everyone is hurrying home.
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Station 4 of 5 · 蒲原
Kambara — night snow
Snow hushes the village. Three figures bend into the dark, each carrying their own errand.
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Station 5 of 5 · 京師
Kyōto — arrival
The Great Bridge at Sanjō, and the old capital beyond. Every journey earns its ending.
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)Katsushika Hokusai
Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji)Katsushika HokusaiNihonbashi: Morning SceneUtagawa Hiroshige
Shinagawa: SunriseUtagawa Hiroshige
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and AtakeUtagawa Hiroshige
Plum Estate, KameidoUtagawa Hiroshige
Woman Reading a LetterKitagawa Utamaro
Takashima OhisaKitagawa Utamaro
Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton SpectreUtagawa Kuniyoshi
The Earth Spider Conjures Demons at the Mansion of Minamoto no RaikōUtagawa Kuniyoshi
The Cry of the FoxTsukioka Yoshitoshifrom $69.00
Musashi Plain MoonTsukioka Yoshitoshifrom $69.00
Rōshi EnseiUtagawa Kuniyoshifrom $69.00
Tanmeijirō GenshōgoUtagawa Kuniyoshi
Peonies and ButterflyKatsushika Hokusai
PoppiesKatsushika Hokusai
Woman at the BathHashiguchi Goyōfrom $69.00
Woman Combing Her HairHashiguchi GoyōNine collections
The theaters, the road, the rain, the moon.
The Wave & the MountainHokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji — the wave, the red dawn, the storm beneath the summit.The Tōkaidō RoadHiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations — dawn at Nihonbashi, rain at Shōno, snow at Kambara, arrival at Kyōto.One Hundred Views of EdoHiroshige’s late masterpiece — the city in rain, plum blossom, and river light. Van Gogh copied two of these.Beauties & ActorsUtamaro’s bijin-ga and Sharaku’s mica-ground actor portraits — the faces of the floating world.Autumn heroGhosts & LegendsKuniyoshi’s skeleton spectre and Yoshitoshi’s ghosts — the floating world after dark.One Hundred Aspects of the MoonYoshitoshi’s last great series — warriors, poets, and ghosts, each under the same moon.WarriorsKuniyoshi’s Heroes of the Suikoden — tattooed outlaws mid-legend, the prints that made him.Spring programmingBirds & FlowersKachō-ga by Hokusai and Hiroshige — the floating world at its quietest.The New PrintShin-hanga through 1930 — Goyō, Hasui, Yoshida: the workshop art reborn in twilight and snow.What you're actually buying
A print made to order, framed and hung — not a poster.
Every piece ships printed to order on EMA matte art paper, as a loose sheet or in a box frame under acrylic. Here is the same paper in a room.
Made to order, on matte art paper
Paper worthy of the impression
Digital Download
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source impression — yours to print, study, and explore.
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Archival Print
EMA matte art paper, 200gsm, unframed. A flat, quiet sheet with no sheen on the colour.
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Gallery Canvas
Stretched 400gsm canvas on a 38mm bar, the image wrapped round the edges — the floating world, made for the wall.
from $195.00
Heirloom Frame
The same EMA matte print in a box frame of black, natural or white, under acrylic. No mount. Ready to hang.
from $285.00
The workshop art
No print was made alone.
Every sheet in this house was a collaboration: the artist who drew, the carver who cut the cherry blocks, the printer who wiped each gradient by hand, and the publisher who staked money on all of them. Knowing how a print was made is how you see one.
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