Konodai Tonegawa by Hiroshige Art Print

Konodai Tonegawa by Hiroshige Art PrintRooms go quieter when soft blue is this sure of itself. A Hiroshige woodblock landscape of pine topped cliffs, sailing boats on a wide river and a pale Mount Fuji on the horizon brings unhurried space into a room. It works above a low sideboard, a reading chair or a bed where the eye needs somewhere to rest. Pair it with pale oak, linen, rattan and matt stoneware; a single ceramic vase beneath it does more than a styled shelf. Avoid hanging it next to

Don't crowd it with other heavy graphics or competing typography — this one wants room to do its thing

the matte surface softens the highlights and gives the leaves a quiet

Don't crowd it with other loud graphics or competing colour fields — it wants to be the loudest thing on the wall

Don't crowd it with other sport prints or trophy clutter — let it be the one course view in the room

It also works above a desk in a study

and looks lovely flanked by a pendant light or a shelf of pastel crockery

every day feels a little sunnier

cream and a hint of soft peach

Stretched on a wooden frame with a soft matte surface that keeps the brushwork lively

and snow-capped mountains rising in cool

lived-in moment rather than a statement

which fight it instead of supporting it