Saito no Oniwakamaru - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Art Print

Fine Art Prints

Forget cheap reproductions and printable posters. Only the best will do. Velvety matte fine art paper (warm white, archival-grade, 200gsm) with bold, vibrant, non-toxic pigment inks. 

High-definition print lab techniques give you sharper details, deeper saturation and true-to-life tones.

The matte surface keeps glare down and archival-grade materials mean the colors you fall for stay vivid for decades.

Framed Fine Art Prints

Your print arrives framed and ready to hang, so it goes straight from the box to your wall.

Chevron cut wooden frames make a timeless statement in three distinctive colors: black, white and natural.

Each frame is made of sustainably sourced FSC® certified European knotless pine, finished with ultra-clear perspex glaze that’s lighter than glass and shatter-resistant.

Float Framed Canvas Prints

Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas, hand-stretched and finely textured, gives every detail depth and precision. Its natural white surface catches light and color with striking clarity.

A precisely measured floating frame leaves a slim gap around the canvas, so it seems to hover with a sleek, gallery-worthy effect.

Your choice of a black, white or natural frame: all made from sustainably sourced FSC® certified European knotless pine.

Giclée Printing

Saito no Oniwakamaru plunges you into the cold pool below a Mount Hiei waterfall, where a boy monks cannot tame rides a giant carp toward the silt. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi designed this Meiji era woodblock print in 1872 for his Ikkai Zuihitsu series. Here Japanese folklore turns wet and heavy.

Look at the child. He will grow into Benkei, warrior monk of the Enryaku-ji western precinct, yet today his curls float loose and his toes flex skyward. A short blade sits clamped between his teeth. One arm locks under the carp's jaw in a grip no novice prayer ever taught.

The fish is pure vermilion armor. Each crimson scale overlaps the next like roof tiles after rain, and its gold eye rolls up at you in disbelief. Indigo current lines slice across teal water. Yoshitoshi learned this ukiyo-e musha-e drama from Utagawa Kuniyoshi, then pushed further.

Set this Japanese carp art print where the light falls low and watch the fish smash clean through its own border day after day — forever diving toward your floorboards.