Bijin at Nihonbashi — 日本橋美人
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A bijin at Nihonbashi — the great bridge at the heart of Edo (Tokyo) from which all distances in Japan were measured — depicted in one of Goyo's evocations of urban Taisho femininity. Nihonbashi carries enormous symbolic weight in Japanese culture as the origin point of the Tokaido highway and the commercial heart of the city, and a beautiful woman posed against this backdrop combines the social world of the modern city with the timeless bijin-ga tradition. The bridge's associations with departure and arrival give the composition an elegiac undertone.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Bijin at Nihonbashi — 日本橋美人 was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in Not set.
Bijin at Nihonbashi — 日本橋美人 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Bijin at Nihonbashi — 日本橋美人 depicts urban scenes, bijin-ga, and bridges, set at Nihonbashi.