Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Sanjo Bridge (Sanjō Ohashi) is one of Kyoto's oldest crossings, spanning the Kamo River at the terminus of the Tōkaidō road. Yoshida's composition likely frames the arching wooden or stone bridge against the soft hills of Higashiyama, employing the atmospheric distance typical of his landscape prints. The Kamo River provided opportunities for the layered bokashi gradations he favored — pale sky reflected in still water, with the structure of the bridge rendered in precise key-block lines. As a meisho-e subject, the bridge carried strong associative weight for Japanese viewers; Yoshida grounds that cultural familiarity in his characteristic fusion of Western spatial recession with traditional compositional restraint.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博).
Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto depicts landscapes.