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 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.

Let moonlight settle over your space with Hiroshige's tranquil "Full Moon at Kanazawa" 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

• Utagawa Hiroshige was one of the last great masters of Japanese ukiyo-e landscape prints.
• Kanazawa, on the coast near present-day Yokohama, was famed for its "eight views," a classic set of scenic vistas.
• Moon-viewing, or tsukimi, is a cherished tradition in Japan, celebrated in poetry, painting, and autumn festivals.
• Hiroshige designed sweeping panoramic scenes, sometimes spread across several print sheets joined side by side.
• His serene night views influenced Western artists during the later Japonisme craze.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Cleaning Combs 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: Cleaning Combs by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Utamaro was the great master of bijin-ga, Japanese "pictures of beautiful women," and loved intimate glimpses of women at their daily toilette.
• Scenes of grooming — arranging hair, cleaning combs, applying makeup — let him celebrate the quiet elegance of everyday feminine life.

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 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 the grace of Kitagawa Utamaro's "Takigawa of the Ogiya" into your home 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 a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artist known for portraits of women.
• Takigawa was a celebrated courtesan of the Ogiya house in Edo's pleasure district.
• Utamaro often portrayed the famous beauties of his day, much like modern celebrity portraits.
• His elegant depictions helped make certain courtesans widely recognized figures.
• Ukiyo-e prints captured the fashion and culture of Edo-period Japan.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Basket of Peonies 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: Basket of Peonies by Katsushika Hokusai

Interesting facts about the art

• Beyond his famous landscapes, Hokusai produced striking bird-and-flower prints, a genre known in Japan as kachō-e.
• In East Asian art the peony is celebrated as the "king of flowers," a symbol of wealth, honor, and good fortune.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces The Whirlpools of Awa 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: The Whirlpools of Awa by Utagawa Hiroshige

Interesting facts about the art

• The scene depicts the Naruto whirlpools, real tidal vortices in the strait between Shikoku and Awaji Island that rank among the largest in the world.
• Hiroshige rendered the churning sea as a bold, almost abstract pattern of swirling blue water and white foam.

Bring the elegance of Kitagawa Utamaro's "The Hour of the Snake" into your home 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 a Japanese ukiyo-e master renowned for his elegant portraits of women.
• The "hour of the snake" refers to a period in traditional Japanese timekeeping, roughly mid-morning.
• Utamaro often followed women through the hours and activities of daily life in his series.
• He was celebrated for capturing grace, mood, and individual character in his subjects.
• His portraits of beautiful women, or bijin-ga, are among the most admired in ukiyo-e.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Hanaogi of Ogiya Picture Puzzles 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: Hanaogi of Ogiya Picture Puzzles by Kitagawa Utamaro

Interesting facts about the art

• Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya house was one of the most famous courtesans of her day and a favorite subject of Utamaro.
• Utamaro sometimes wove picture-puzzles, or rebuses, into his prints — playful visual riddles his fashionable audience delighted in solving.

Bring the serene scenery of old Edo into your home with Utagawa Hiroshige's "Tsukudajima from Eitai 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 was a master of the Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition.
• He is celebrated for poetic landscapes capturing the scenery of old Edo, today's Tokyo.
• Tsukudajima was a fishing island in Edo Bay, known for its boats and waterside life.
• Hiroshige's atmospheric prints deeply influenced European artists, including the Impressionists.
• Ukiyo-e, meaning "pictures of the floating world," depicted famous places and everyday life.

Bring a museum masterpiece to your sofa. This jacquard-woven throw pillow reproduces Sudden Shower over Shin Ohashi Bridge 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: Sudden Shower over Shin Ohashi Bridge (1857) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Interesting facts about the art

• It comes from Hiroshige's series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo," his celebrated survey of the city now called Tokyo.
• Vincent van Gogh admired the print so much that he made a full oil copy of it in 1887.

Let the serene coastal calm of Hiroshige's "Pine Groves of Miho, Suruga" settle over your room 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

• Utagawa Hiroshige was a leading nineteenth-century ukiyo-e artist celebrated above all for his poetic landscapes.
• Miho no Matsubara, the pine-covered sandbar in Suruga Bay, is one of Japan's most famous scenic spots and offers classic views of Mount Fuji.
• The grove is tied to the legend of Hagoromo, in which a heavenly maiden's feather robe is found hanging in the pines.
• Hiroshige's landscape prints deeply influenced European artists, including Vincent van Gogh, who admired and copied his work.
• Like all ukiyo-e, the image was created as a color woodblock print, a hallmark of Japan's Edo-period art.

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 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.