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Japanese Woodblock Prints

Umezawa in Sagami Province, c. 1832

Sōshū Umezawa zai, from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji — Katsushika Hokusai

From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints collection · 1832

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  • Archival matte paper, pigment inks; framed prints ship ready to hang
  • Framed: solid wood, 0.8 in wide · white mat, 2 in · clear acrylic front · D-ring and wire fitted
Rights & provenance record

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: Katsushika Hokusai, 1832, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25.2 x 37.3 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

Umezawa was a marsh on the Sagami coast where cranes gathered, and Hokusai’s print of it is one of the two or three sheets in Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji printed almost entirely in blue: the hills, the water, the mountain itself are all Prussian blue in different strengths, with the summit and the birds’ bodies left as paper. It is a dawn picture. Five cranes are on the ground among the reeds and two have just taken off, their long necks stretched toward the peak.

Cranes are the birds of long life in Japanese art, which made this the sheet people gave as a gift, and it still is. The Library of Congress holds an early impression with the blues well graded; we have kept its warm tone and cleaned it without redrawing anything.

The 2:3 sheet fits our 12×18, 16×24, 20×30 and 24×36 sizes almost exactly.

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.

Umezawa in Sagami Province Cranes, 1832: archive scan compared with the restored print

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.

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Umezawa in Sagami Province Cranes, 1832 — drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom
Size guide
5′6″ 16×12 in24×18 in36×24 in
SizeMetricBest for
16×12 in41×30 cmDesk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
18×12 in46×30 cmDesk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
24×16 in61×41 cmAbove a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
24×18 in61×46 cmAbove a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
30×20 in76×51 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
32×24 in81×61 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
36×24 in91×61 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
40×30 in102×76 cmOver a sofa or bed, statement wall, office

Sizes are the print size. Framed prints add about 1 in on each side. Sizes marked “aged-paper margin” keep the whole print and float it on a toned margin — nothing is cropped.

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.