Eight-Part Bridge, Mucawa Province - Katsushika Hokusai

The artwork

“Eight-Part Bridge, Mucawa Province” by Katsushika Hokusai is a refined art reproduction on Amalfi paper, designed for those who wish to bring home the suspended, poetic atmosphere of Edo-period Japan. This print enhances any room, from the living room to the study, adding a touch of Japanese elegance with soft colours and crisp details, true to the spirit of the original.

In this view of the Eight-Part Bridge, Mucawa Province, Hokusai sets the wooden architecture of the bridge within a harmonious landscape, where the everyday merges with the sacred and with the power of nature. The artist, a master of ukiyo-e famous for his series devoted to landscapes, bridges and views of Japan, captures the movement of the figures and the spatial depth with a few essential marks and a restrained palette. The print belongs to the mature strand of his output, in which landscape becomes the absolute protagonist and opens up to almost Western-style perspective effects, offering a vivid glimpse of Japan between the 18th and 19th centuries.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade