24 prints · 5 artists · framed from $95 · ready to hang
Japanese wall art, printed from the museum's own scan
The same Hokusai wave sells for ten dollars as a poster and five figures as an original impression. This is the honest middle: a new archival print made from the full-resolution scan a public museum publishes, restored by hand, printed at 200 dpi or better, and framed in solid wood — so the woodgrain in the key block and the gradation in Hiroshige's skies actually survive to your wall.
- Made to orderprinted and framed in your country, ships in 2–4 business days
- Ready to hangsolid wood, 2 in white mat, acrylic front, hardware fitted
- 30-day replacementdamaged or wrong — one photo, nothing to send back
- Never sold as originalsthe archive and its record are named on every product page
Why this and not a poster of the same picture
Three differences you can see at arm's length
The file is the whole argument
A poster shop prints a web-sized image enlarged until the linework dissolves. We start from the archive master — commonly 8,000 to 10,800 pixels on the long edge — so a 24 in print still carries the block's grain and the printer's bokashi shading.
Restored, not filtered
Foxing, tape shadows and scanner cast removed by hand; the paper tone, the pigment fade and the register left exactly as the impression has them. The before-and-after slider on each product page shows precisely what changed.
You know what you are buying
Every print names the artist, the year, the series and the institution whose scan it came from. No "inspired by", no anonymous reproduction, and no pretence that it is an antique.
All 24 prints
Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Utamaro's portraits, Kuniyoshi's warriors and Yoshida's landscapes.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1831
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit, 1831
Fine Wind Clear Morning (Red Fuji), 1831
Kajikazawa in Kai Province, 1831
Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1831
Umezawa in Sagami Province Cranes, 1832
Shono Driving Rain, 1833
Young Woman Blowing a Glass Toy, 1792
Glittering Sea (Hikaru Umi), 1926
Ejiri in Suruga Province, 1831
Misaka Pass in Kai Province, 1831
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge, 1857
Plum Garden at Kameido, 1843
Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo Eagle, 1857
Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa, 1856
Nihonbashi Clearing After Snow, 1856
Night View of Saruwaka-machi, 1856
Moon Viewing Point, 1857
Suidobashi Surugadai Carp Streamers, 1857
Kanbara Evening Snow, 1833
Minowa Kanasugi Mikawashima Cranes, 1857
Peonies and Butterfly, 1833
Evening View of Fuji, 1830
Cranes and Waves, 1833
Before you choose a size
See it on your own wall
Every product page can place the print in five to-scale rooms with an optional 5 ft 6 in figure beside it, or drop it onto a photograph of your own wall — the photo stays in your browser and never reaches us. The framed size is shown as well as the print size, so you know what actually hangs there. Size guide →
Questions
Is this an original Japanese woodblock print?
No, and we never describe it as one. Each is a new archival print made from the full-resolution scan a public museum or library publishes of an original impression. An original Hokusai from the 1830s is a five-figure object; this is a faithful, honestly labelled print of one, and the archive record for each is on its product page.
How is this different from a cheap poster of the same image?
The file. A poster site prints a small web image blown up; we start from the archive master, often 8,000 to 10,800 pixels wide, restore it by hand and print at 200 dpi or better at every size we offer. At 24 inches you can see the woodgrain in the key block and the gradation in the sky — the things that make a woodblock print worth hanging.
What paper, and is it framed?
Archival matte paper with pigment inks. You can have it rolled in a tube, stretched on canvas, or framed in solid wood — black, natural oak or white — with a 2 in white mat, a clear acrylic front and the hanging hardware already fitted. Framed pieces arrive ready to hang.
Which artists do you carry?
Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, Kitagawa Utamaro, Yoshida Hiroshi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi — including the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, and Yoshida's twentieth-century landscapes.
How long does it take?
Each print is made to order in 2–4 business days and shipped from a facility in or near your country. US orders over $75 ship free.
What if it arrives damaged?
The claim form gets a free replacement printed within 30 days of delivery — one photo, nothing to send back.
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