Utagawa Hiroshige

Kasumigaseki 1835–39
from the 'Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' series
colour woodblock print
Collection of Cressida Campbell

Cressida Campbell: 

I was given this triptych by artist Martin Sharp who bought it in Paris in the 1970s. I love the view looking straight up the street with the roofs creating horizontal lines and the action of the people getting on with their daily business.

During a residency at the Armidale regional gallery [NERAM], my husband Peter Crayford and I stayed in a Federation house: it had a stage-like wooden veranda with a Japanese feeling. I was inspired to do a triptych with the veranda framing the outlook (Breakfast at Armidale 1988).