{"product_id":"il-ponte-suido-e-surugadai","title":"Suidō Bridge and Surugadai","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA huge cloth carp flies in the wind above the roofs of the city, and in the distance, small and white, Mount Fuji appears.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dark carp with its large scales, the green hills and the blue river, with Fuji in the background.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA cheerful, surprising image that gives character to a child's room or a living room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for a new baby or for anyone who loves Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), the best loved landscape artist of Japan, published it in 1857 in the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, the series devoted to the city we now call Tokyo. It is the fifth day of the fifth month, the Boys' Festival: families raised cloth carp on poles, because a Chinese legend tells of a fish so strong that it swam up a waterfall, and the carp was a wish to grow up strong and brave. Below lies Surugadai, the district where the samurai lived, and on the right Suidō Bridge crosses the river.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarp were the banners of merchants and craftsmen, who were not allowed to fly the military standards of the samurai. Hiroshige puts one in the foreground, enormous, right above the warriors' quarter: almost a smile. Our reproduction comes from the impression in the Brooklyn Museum in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a child's room or a living room it is a wish for strength and courage. A gift full of meaning for a new baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55681178173781,"sku":"PTFWNEUI6LZ84","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/il-ponte-suido-e-surugadai-principale.jpg?v=1793985273","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/il-ponte-suido-e-surugadai","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}