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A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge by Katsukawa Shunchō — Japanese color woodblock print, early 1790s

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge

by Katsukawa Shunchō

Ukiyo-e
BridgesAutumn Foliage
Date:
early 1790s
Medium:
color woodblock print

Description

Four women in flowing kimono walk together beside a stone-block wall, accompanied by a bald attendant carrying a wrapped parcel and what appears to be a small pine or bamboo branch over his shoulder. The women wear pale pink, cream, and pattern-decorated robes with one large sage-green floral obi bow, their hair dressed in dark upswept styles with combs, and the figure at left carries a green-striped kimono layer over a peach under-robe. Rendered in soft pink, sage green, black, and cream tones typical of a color woodblock print, the composition is calm and processional in mood, set against a paved street and geometric stone wall; this is Katsukawa Shunchō's 1790 print *A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge*.

More Prints by Katsukawa Shunchō

Women Admiring Peonies by Katsukawa Shunchō

Women Admiring Peonies

c. 1789/1801

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

The Tanabata Festival, from the series "Amusements of the Five Festival Days (Gosetsu asobi)" by Katsukawa Shunchō

The Tanabata Festival, from the series "Amusements of the Five Festival Days (Gosetsu asobi)"

About 1790

Color woodblock print; chūban

Narcissus in Winter, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)" by Katsukawa Shunchō

Narcissus in Winter, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

c. 1792

Color woodblock print; chuban

Women Boarding a Pleasure Boat by Katsukawa Shunchō

Women Boarding a Pleasure Boat

1780s

Color woodblock print; oban diptych

More Bridges Prints

Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924

Woodblock print

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

1947

Color woodblock print; oban

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo) by Kawase Hasui

Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo)

1930

Color woodblock print; oban

Frequently Asked Questions

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge was created by Katsukawa Shunchō (勝川春潮) in early 1790s.

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge depicts bridges and autumn foliage.