Sakura Bridge from Shirauobashi — 白魚橋から桜橋を見る
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Sakura Bridge from Shirauobashi" (View from Shirauobashi to Sakura Bridge) presents a Tokyo river view in the classic Japanese landscape tradition of one bridge seen from another — a compositional strategy that created depth and framing simultaneously. The whitebait bridge (Shirauobashi) and the cherry blossom bridge (Sakurabashi) were both landmarks on the Sumida River's tributary waterways, and the view from one to the other during the cherry blossom season — when the banks of the river were lined with flowering trees — was one of the great urban landscape subjects of the Tokyo print tradition.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sakura Bridge from Shirauobashi — 白魚橋から桜橋を見る was created by Gihachiro Okuyama (奥山儀八郎).
Sakura Bridge from Shirauobashi — 白魚橋から桜橋を見る depicts landscapes, cherry blossoms, and bridges.