Every size drawn to scale on one wall, above the sofa in a photographed room. Sizes are the canvas; a frame adds a little on every side. Not drawn, so the labels stay readable: 18″ × 36″ — it sits between the sizes shown, and it is in the size picker.
Print proof — This is the exact file our printer receives for this size, so what you see here is what gets printed, edge to edge. Use it to see how much margin a size leaves and, before you buy a large size, to check the sharpness in the 100% close-up.
edge of the print
The file
Actual pixels at this size
Colors on a screen can look slightly different from ink on canvas. This file goes to the printer automatically when you order, and your piece ships straight from the print studio to you.
Living room 1 / 9
Wall color
Rooms to scale: each was measured against a 5 ft 6 in figure, so the print is drawn at its true size against the furniture. Rooms and people are generated images. Swipe the room, tap a dot, or press Next room to see the print in another room. Drag the print to try another spot (or move it with the arrow keys); switch sizes above to compare.
Step 1 — set the scale. Drag the slider until the gold bar on the photo is the height of a standard doorway (80 in / 203 cm). Every size you pick is then drawn true to life.
Step 2 — drag the print to where it would hang, and change size or frame above to compare.
Source scan:Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Rijksstudio, CC0) Rights statement of the archive: “Public domain. Design by Ohara Koson (died 1945); the museum dates this work 1900–1910, so it was made before 1931. The Rijksmuseum releases its photograph under Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0). Object number RP-P-1999-581.” Original print: Ohara Koson, 1900–1910, colour woodcut; sheet 217 mm; 498 mm. Verified 2026-10-16.
This product is a new print made to order from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.
Heron Flying past the Moon
The story of this print
A heron flies left across a soft gray sky, wings raised high, legs trailing behind, past a pale moon cut by the edge of the picture. Far below, bare willow branches droop over the water, and Koson’s signature and seal sit in the lower right.
Ohara Koson (1877–1945) made bird-and-flower prints with a painter’s soft gradations rather than hard outlines, and many were sold abroad in his lifetime.
It hangs as a pair with Night Heron and Full Moon, or as part of a tall group of three.
What we did to this scan
Cropped by hand to the edge of the printed sheet.
Balanced the levels and took out the scanner’s color cast, keeping 75% of the paper’s age tone.
Cleaned dust and specks picked up by the scanner.
A light sharpen, so fine lines and lettering hold at large sizes.
About this particular sheet. Made from the Rijksmuseum's photograph of the whole sheet, cropped by hand to the printed picture. On the sizes offered, the picture sits on a narrow paper-tone margin at the sides, the way a woodblock print sits on its sheet, so nothing of the picture is cut.
Every print is credited to its archive here and in your order confirmation. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn. How we restore.
Questions
What does it show?
A heron flies across the top of the picture with its wings raised, past a half-hidden pale moon, above the bare drooping branches of a willow.
Is this an original?
No. It is a new print made from the Rijksmuseum's photograph of the woodblock impression in its collection. We never sell originals or antiques.
Where does the image come from?
From the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which releases its photograph under Creative Commons Zero. Ohara Koson died in 1945, and the museum dates this impression 1900–1910, so it is in the public domain. The museum's record is linked on this page.
How is it made?
It is printed to order for you, in the finish you choose: a float frame canvas, a classic frame canvas, a stretched canvas, a rolled canvas or an acrylic panel. Both frames come in Black or Antique Gold. The size and finish picker shows which sizes each finish is made in.
Colors vary a little between screens and canvas. The previews are drawn, not photographed, and are a close match to the printed piece.
Every size, one wall
All 3 sizes of this print, side by side
To scale, framed, with a 5 ft 6 in figure for reference — so you can see the steps between sizes at a glance before you pick one above.
20×40 in51×102 cm
18×36 in46×91 cm
12×24 in30×61 cm
5′6″ · 168 cm
Left to right: 20×40 in · 18×36 in · 12×24 in
Every size to scale on one wall, framed in Black, beside a 5 ft 6 in figure. Room photograph generated for scale; the figure is 5 ft 6 in.
Swipe sideways along the wall to see every size
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