Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
- Series:
- Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (print 31 of 46)
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
From Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," this yoko-e oban composition presents Nihonbashi—the ceremonial center of Edo's road network—as foreground subject, with Mount Fuji reduced to a pale form at the distant horizon. The bridge carries a procession of fish porters bearing loads on tenbin shoulder poles, their commercial labor foregrounding the practical character of the site; the adjacent uogashi fish market made Nihonbashi among the most active transshipment points in the city. Hokusai's compositional strategy here is characteristic of the series: a busy, populated foreground recession gives way to a serene and diminished Fuji, reversing the expectation that the mountain would dominate. Prussian blue (bero-ai), introduced into Japanese woodblock printing shortly before the series was first issued around 1830–32, dominates sky and water, while Fuji is rendered in pale blue with a white summit. The technique of bokashi graduation in the sky adds atmospheric depth to the horizontal format.
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
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.
Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Yes — Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" is part of the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series (print 31 of 46) by Katsushika Hokusai.
Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" depicts landscapes and mount fuji.
Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" measures 25.6 × 37.5 cm.