Kameido Tenjin Taiko-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
From Hokusai's Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (c.1834), an 11-print series showcasing engineering feats from across Japan. The Kintai Bridge and Suspension Bridge designs command the highest prices.
The great drum-bridge (taiko-bashi) of Kameido Tenjin shrine in eastern Edo appears in this print from the Shokoku Meikyo Kiran (Famous Bridges) series. Kameido Tenjin — the shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, patron of learning — was famous for its wisteria blooms and this dramatically arched red bridge reflected in the shrine pond, a composition that later inspired Hiroshige's celebrated treatment of the same subject.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Kameido Tenjin Taiko-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Kameido Tenjin Taiko-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran depicts music.
