Edo Street Life by Hiroshige Art Print

Edo Street Life by Hiroshige Art PrintWatch the street scene land, then the soft blue start doing damage. The room slows down. Eyes wander across the figures, the stalls, the plum branch, the calligraphy in the corner. It pulls a room out of bland modern and into something with a bit more story. Hang it at eye level above a low sideboard, a writing desk or a console in a hallway. It sits well with pale oak or walnut, linen upholstery, stoneware, paper lanterns and chalky off white walls.

It earns its place in a kitchen

and the day stretches a little longer

Stretched over a wooden frame for a soft matte surface that keeps the warm afternoon mood intact

Let it be the quiet bit

flat colour that holds its edge under daylight or lamplight

The black serif lettering sits cleanly against an off-white ground

The room gets quieter and cooler the moment it goes up

Avoid hanging it near other busy cityscapes or strong florals

painted wood and a stack of cookbooks

in hallways where you want a moment of pause

This is a cat broken into hard-edged blocks of cream

or on the bit of wall between cabinets and ceiling where most kitchens go quiet