# England (Igirisukoku)

**Utagawa Yoshitora** (Japanese, active ca. 1850–80)  
2nd month, 1865  
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper  
Image (a): 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm) Image (b): 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm) Image (c): 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.220a–c. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73510).

## About this work

Utagawa Yoshitora designed this in 2nd month, 1865, aged 20. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.
- **Triptych.** Three sheets designed to sit side by side and read as one wide picture.

### [Utagawa Yoshitora](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/utagawa-yoshitora)

Japanese, active ca. 1850–80

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was 20
- Real size: about 14 × 10 in (35 × 25 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Subjects: Buildings, Men, Women, Ships
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/980.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/980/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/england-igirisukoku-met-73510).