Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"
by Ito Shinsui
by Ito Shinsui
Shinsui's extensive oeuvre spans bijin-ga, landscapes, and genre subjects. Auction averages over 12 months reflect healthy collector demand across all subject types.
The Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi)—the famous double-arched bridge crossing the narrow southern outlet of Lake Biwa—appears in this 1917 contribution to the Eight Views of Omi series, the bridge's distinctive Chinese-style (kara) architecture reflected in the still water below. The Seta Bridge, one of Japan's most celebrated ancient bridges, had been a subject of poets and painters since the Nara period, and its inclusion in the Eight Views tradition connected Shinsui's shin-hanga work to this long history. The bokashi printing builds the atmospheric depth of the lakeshore morning.
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.
Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水) in 1917.
Yes — Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" is part of the Eight Views of Omi series (print 7 of 1) by Ito Shinsui.
Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1917).
Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" depicts landscapes, bridges, and eight views of ōmi.
Kara Bridge at Seta (Seta no Karahashi), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" measures 22 × 32.1 cm (Oban format).
