Evening on the River by Hiroshige Canvas Print

After the warm afternoon light shifts, the living room suddenly has a pulse. A row of paper lanterns and a band of dark mountains pull the eye across the wall, while the muted blue-green river cools the room down without flattening it. Hang it eye-level above a low sideboard, console or the back of a sofa, where the long shape can stretch out. It sits well with dark stained wood, woven rush, paper shades and stoneware in cream or warm brown. Keep the wall around it quiet bare plaster, off-white or a deep ink colour all work. Don’t try to pair it with bright modern graphic prints; the mood will fight.