Lumber Yard
- Date:
- 1760–1849
- Medium:
- color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 26.2 × 38.8 cm
- Source:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Description
Workers at a lumber yard sort and stack timber in this color woodblock print, the neatly arranged logs and planks creating a geometric pattern that Hokusai treats with the same compositional rigor he applied to natural forms. The lumber trade was central to Edo's economy — the city's relentless construction and reconstruction after fires consumed vast quantities of timber — and this print documents a working landscape seldom celebrated in Edo art.
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Woodblock print
Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks)
19th century
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Fukuroi
1804
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The Fishermen of Katase Hauling in Their Nets: The Purple Shell (Murasakigai)
1821
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More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
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Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Lumber Yard was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in 1760–1849.
Lumber Yard depicts urban scenes, craftspeople, and daily life.
Lumber Yard measures 26.2 × 38.8 cm (Oban format).