Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi)
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twelve Scenes of Tokyo
- Date:
- Summer 1920
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Kami Bridge in Fukagawa, from the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series published in Summer 1920, depicts the bridge spanning one of the Fukagawa waterways — the dense network of canals and rivers in the low-lying eastern Tokyo district of lumber merchants, craftsmen, and working-class neighborhoods — in summer. The summer Fukagawa subject captures the shitamachi ("downtown") district at its most active: the canal traffic, the bridge's pedestrian flow, and the summer heat shimmering off the water that distinguished the flat eastern lowlands from the cooler Yamanote hilltop neighborhoods. The bokashi sky gives the composition its characteristic atmospheric warmth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in Summer 1920.
Yes — Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series by Kawase Hasui.
Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Summer 1920).
Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) depicts edo & tokyo and bridges, set at Tokyo.