Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Bamboo Yards, Kyobashi Bridge (Kyobashi Takegashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857, 12th month
Woodblock print
Vertical oban:
35.5 x 24.6 cm
14 x 9 3/4 in
35.5 x 24.6 cm
14 x 9 3/4 in
Signed: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Sealed: aratame (certified), date seal Snake 12 (1857, 12th month), Horitake (block-cutter's seal in the lantern held by a man crossing the bridge)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Sealed: aratame (certified), date seal Snake 12 (1857, 12th month), Horitake (block-cutter's seal in the lantern held by a man crossing the bridge)
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The full moon hangs in the sky above Kyobashi Bridge. The northeastern bank of the Kyobashi River had a concentration of bamboo wholesalers, hence the upright lumbar lining the left-hand...
The full moon hangs in the sky above Kyobashi Bridge. The northeastern bank of the Kyobashi River had a concentration of bamboo wholesalers, hence the upright lumbar lining the left-hand bank of the Kyobashi river in this scene. Many people are crossing the bridge and a man steers a boat of bags of rice along the river below.
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of The British Museum, museum no. 1906,1220,0.691, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-691
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of The British Museum, museum no. 1906,1220,0.691, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-691