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Japanese Woodblock Prints
Suidōbashi and Surugadai, 1857
Suidōbashi Surugadai, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo — Utagawa Hiroshige
From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints collection · 1857
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Source scan:LOC (Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints). Rights statement of the archive: “No known restrictions on publication. Ukiyo-e print by an artist who died before 1930; the impression itself was published before 1930 — public domain in the United States, Japan and the EU.” Original print: Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.5 x 22 cm.. Verified 2026-09-13.
This product is a new archival print made from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.
The story of this print
On the fifth day of the fifth month the households of Edo with sons flew carp streamers — koinobori — from tall poles, one for each boy, the carp being the fish that swims up waterfalls. Hiroshige’s sheet for One Hundred Famous Views of Edo puts the viewer level with the biggest of them: a black carp with a white belly and staring eye fills the print from top to bottom, its scales cut one by one, swimming in the wind over the roofs of Surugadai, with a red carp and a banner further off and Fuji tiny on the horizon.
It is the boldest use of scale in the series and a print that children like as much as collectors do. The Library of Congress impression is early, the eye and scales sharply registered. Restored from the archive’s scan without redrawing, at the vertical oban’s own proportions.
Printed to order on archival matte paper or canvas, framed in the country of delivery.
Before and after
Left: the archive scan exactly as published. Right: the file that goes to the printer.
Restoration notes
Restoration: trimmed the mount and scanner margins, balanced levels while keeping the paper tone and the flat colour blocks of the woodblock impression (85% of the original colour retained), removed dust and specks, applied gentle sharpening. Toning, wormholes, the printer's registration and the collector's seals are kept where they belong to the object; nothing is redrawn.
Every print carries its archive credit on the packing slip. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn.
Pairs well with
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Informational purposes only, no warranties, not professional advice. All products are new archival prints made from restored scans of historical maps held by public archives; they are not original antiques. Colours vary by screen and by paper.
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