Japanese Woodblock

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Courtesans Kasugano Utahama by Kitagawa Utamaro in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Courtesans Kasugano Utahama by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Utamaro's prints of named Yoshiwara courtesans doubled as fashion plates, showing off the latest hairstyles, combs, and richly patterned kimono.
• His close-up, half-length portraits broke new ground, focusing on the individual expression and grace of each woman.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Takigawa of the Ogiya by Kitagawa Utamaro in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Takigawa of the Ogiya by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Takigawa was a celebrated courtesan of the Ogiya house in Edo's Yoshiwara district, one of the star subjects of Utamaro's portraits.
• Utamaro's prints of famous beauties worked much like modern celebrity portraits, spreading the fashions and faces of these women across Japan.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Prayers for Rain by Kitagawa Utamaro in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Prayers for Rain by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Kitagawa Utamaro was one of the great masters of ukiyo-e woodblock printing, celebrated above all for his sensitive portraits of beautiful women.
• He helped popularize the "okubi-e," or large-head picture, which frames a subject close up to capture the smallest shifts of mood and expression.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces The Flirtatious Type by Kitagawa Utamaro in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: The Flirtatious Type by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Utamaro created influential series that sorted women into "types" by temperament and physiognomy, studying character as closely as beauty.
• Working in half-length close-up, he could suggest a whole personality with a tilt of the head or a single glance.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Net Fishing at Night Sumida River by Kitagawa Utamaro in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Net Fishing at Night Sumida River by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• The Sumida River ran through the heart of Edo (old Tokyo) and was a favorite setting for boating, festivals, and cool summer evenings.
• Though best known for his portraits of women, Utamaro also captured lively scenes of everyday life along the river and its pleasure boats.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Red Fuji South Wind Clear Sky by Katsushika Hokusai in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Red Fuji South Wind Clear Sky by Katsushika Hokusai

Interesting facts about the art

• Known as "Red Fuji," this print captures the mountain glowing reddish-brown in the early-morning light of late summer, when a south wind and clear skies briefly tint its slopes.
• It is one of the most famous designs from "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," alongside "The Great Wave" and "Rainstorm Beneath the Summit."

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Rain Below the Mountain by Katsushika Hokusai in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Rain Below the Mountain by Katsushika Hokusai

Interesting facts about the art

• Often called "Rainstorm Beneath the Summit," this print shows lightning striking Fuji's dark lower slopes while the peak above stays calm and clear.
• It is regarded as a companion to Hokusai's "Red Fuji," both from his celebrated "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji."

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Mandarin Ducks Flowering Plants by Utagawa Hiroshige in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Mandarin Ducks Flowering Plants by Utagawa Hiroshige

Interesting facts about the art

• Mandarin ducks are a traditional East Asian emblem of marital love and fidelity, as the birds were believed to pair for life.
• Hiroshige was a master of "bird-and-flower" prints (kacho-e), a genre devoted to small, tender moments of nature.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Mount Fuji Travellers by a Bridge by Katsushika Hokusai in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Mount Fuji Travellers by a Bridge by Katsushika Hokusai

Interesting facts about the art

• Mount Fuji was Hokusai's great obsession; his series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" shows the sacred peak from dozens of vantage points and everyday scenes.
• Fuji has long been revered in Japan as a sacred mountain, once believed to hold the secret of immortality.

Bring a fleeting moment of rain and movement into your home with Utagawa Hiroshige's "Sudden Shower over Shin Ohashi Bridge" woven tapestry blanket.

Details

• Material: 100% cotton, jacquard-woven
• Reversible, double-sided design (image shows on both sides)
• Colorful fringed edges
• Sizes: 52″ × 37″, 60″ × 50″, 80″ × 60″
• Finish: Artwork
• Origin: Made in USA
• Machine washable — wash cold, gentle cycle
• Doubles as a woven wall hanging or a throw

Interesting facts about the art

• Utagawa Hiroshige created this scene as part of his series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo."
• It depicts figures caught in a sudden downpour as they cross a bridge.
• Hiroshige rendered falling rain as fine, slanting lines, a striking innovation in woodblock printing.
• Vincent van Gogh admired the print so much that he painted his own oil copy of it.
• The work reflects ukiyo-e's love of fleeting weather and everyday moments.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Full Moon on Kanazawa by Utagawa Hiroshige in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Full Moon on Kanazawa by Utagawa Hiroshige

Interesting facts about the art

• This sweeping moonlit seascape belongs to a celebrated triptych set by Hiroshige devoted to snow, moon, and flowers — the classic trio of natural beauty in Japanese art.
• It depicts Kanazawa, a scenic bay near Kamakura long famed for its "eight views" beneath a brilliant full moon.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Evening Snow at Kambara Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Evening Snow at Kambara Tokaido (c. 1833–34) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Interesting facts about the art

• "Kambara: Night Snow" is prized as one of the greatest prints in "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido," showing figures trudging through a hushed, snow-covered village.
• It's celebrated for its rare dark, graded sky above the white snow — a poetic touch, since the real Kambara seldom saw such heavy snowfall.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Courtesan Takigawa Seven Komachi by Kitagawa Utamaro in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Courtesan Takigawa Seven Komachi by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Utamaro portrayed the celebrated courtesans of Edo's Yoshiwara district, treating them much like the fashion celebrities of their day.
• The "Seven Komachi" theme draws on Ono no Komachi, a legendary 9th-century poet renowned for her beauty, whose life was retold in seven poetic episodes.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Meguro Drum Bridge Sunset Hill Snow by Utagawa Hiroshige in soft, durable yarn — a plush, textural piece of art for the couch, bed, or reading chair.

Details

• Jacquard-woven in soft, durable yarn
• Design woven on both front and back
• Insert included — ready to display out of the box
• Dimensions: 17" × 18"
• Origin: Made in USA
• Artwork: Meguro Drum Bridge Sunset Hill Snow by Utagawa Hiroshige

Interesting facts about the art

• This serene snow scene from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" shows the steeply arched "Drum Bridge" at Meguro under softly falling snow.
• Hiroshige's prints deeply influenced Western art — Vincent van Gogh so admired his work that he painted copies of it.

Bring the elegance of Edo's celebrated beauties into your home with Utamaro's portrait of the courtesans Kasugano and Utahama on this woven tapestry blanket.

Details

• Material: 100% cotton, jacquard-woven
• Reversible, double-sided design (image shows on both sides)
• Colorful fringed edges
• Sizes: 52″ × 37″, 60″ × 50″, 80″ × 60″
• Finish: Artwork
• Origin: Made in USA
• Machine washable — wash cold, gentle cycle
• Doubles as a woven wall hanging or a throw

Interesting facts about the art

• Kitagawa Utamaro was the foremost ukiyo-e artist of beautiful-women prints, or bijin-ga.
• His subjects were often the famous courtesans of Edo's Yoshiwara district, admired as trendsetters of fashion and style.
• Utamaro pioneered close-up, half-length portraits that captured individual expression and mood.
• Courtesans were frequently shown wearing the latest kimono patterns and elaborate hairstyles.
• These prints circulated widely, functioning much like the celebrity portraits of their era.

Bring the quiet grace of Kitagawa Utamaro's "Prayers for Rain" into your space with this woven tapestry blanket.

Details

• Material: 100% cotton, jacquard-woven
• Reversible, double-sided design (image shows on both sides)
• Colorful fringed edges
• Sizes: 52″ × 37″, 60″ × 50″, 80″ × 60″
• Finish: Artwork
• Origin: Made in USA
• Machine washable — wash cold, gentle cycle
• Doubles as a woven wall hanging or a throw

Interesting facts about the art

• Kitagawa Utamaro was one of the most celebrated masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," tradition.
• He worked in the late eighteenth century and is especially renowned for his sensitive portraits of women, known as bijin-ga.
• Utamaro helped popularize the okubi-e, the large-headed close-up portrait that brought new intimacy to Japanese printmaking.
• Ukiyo-e images like this were produced as woodblock prints, built up from multiple hand-carved blocks, one for each color.
• Prayers and rituals for rain were an important theme in Japanese life, tied to the rice harvest and the turning of the seasons.