Moon Cape by Hiroshige Art Print

Back in the 1850s, this tatami-room scene belonged to another kind of home. A guest house perched above the bay, paper lanterns lit, boats drifting under a full moon. Hang it in a quiet room and it shifts the mood from busy to settled the soft green floor, washed blue water and warm cream sky give the eye somewhere calm to go. It works best on a feature wall above a low bed, console or reading chair, where there’s space to step back and look. Pair it with pale oak, linen and stoneware. Avoid bright primaries, glossy black furniture or anything that wants to shout this piece needs the room around it to be still.