True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Honjo Ichinohashi Bridge from the Riverbank at Hamacho
by Inoue Yasuji
by Inoue Yasuji
$1,000–$8,000. Common views: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: Inoue's Meiji-era Tokyo views, influenced by his teacher Kiyochika, have both artistic and historical value. His early death makes works scarce.
Honjo Ichinohashi Bridge — the "First Bridge" of the Honjo canal system — is seen here from the Hamacho riverbank on the opposite shore, a viewpoint that gives Yasuji compositional depth and allows him to situate the bridge within the broader landscape of the eastern city. Honjo was among his most frequently documented territories, its grid of canals and modest bridges forming a working-class urban world that he recorded with consistent affection and precision. The view from Hamacho across the water gives the scene a quality of quiet distance.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Honjo Ichinohashi Bridge from the Riverbank at Hamacho was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Honjo Ichinohashi Bridge from the Riverbank at Hamacho depicts landscapes and bridges, set at Tokyo.