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Utagawa Hiroshige Hatsune Riding Ground T-Shirt, Famous Views of Edo Art Tee, Comfort Colors 1717

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Utagawa Hiroshige’s Hatsune Riding Ground, from the celebrated late series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856–58), exemplifies the bold, radically modern compositional framing of late ukiyo-e printmaking. The scene is structured around a dramatic contrast between the immediate foreground and the distant horizon: the gnarled, textured trunk and green branches of an ancient pine tree frame a sweeping view across the equestrian training grounds toward the distant, snow-capped cone of Mount Fuji. Hiroshige employs an extreme close-up viewpoint that deliberately crops the tree, creating visual tension and an immersive sense of spatial depth that revolutionized Western art when discovered by Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, and James McNeill Whistler. The pristine white of the mountain peaks contrasts with the deep Prussian blue of the sky and the warm green marshland below. The print showcases Hiroshige's mastery of atmospheric perspective, using delicate tonal gradations to convey the crisp morning air of Edo. The dramatic scale disparity between foreground foliage and distant sacred mountain remains one of the boldest graphic statements in Japanese art. Preserved in the permanent Asian Art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art via the Rogers Fund in 1918 (Accession No. JIB51), this print stands as a testament to Hiroshige’s graphic genius.

--- ARCHIVAL PROVENANCE ---
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Title: Hatsune Riding Ground, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 名所江戸百景)
Date: 1856–58
Medium: Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Original Dimensions: undefined
Collection: undefined (Accession No. JIB51)
Edition: ULT-019, Ultramarine Collection

--- GARMENT SPECIFICATIONS ---
• Genuine Comfort Colors® 1717 Unisex Heavyweight Garment-Dyed T-Shirt
• Fabric: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²), 100% combed ring-spun US cotton
• Fit: Relaxed classic fit, seamless tubular body construction
• Colorways: Ivory, White, Pepper (Vintage Washed Charcoal)
• Print Quality: Direct-to-Garment 300 DPI archival pigment inks (OEKO-TEX certified)
• Care Instructions: Machine wash cold inside out with like colors. Tumble dry low or line dry.
• Shipping: Free Standard Shipping within the United States (3–7 business days processing).

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Listed on Aug 20, 2026