Morning at Nijū Bridge
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- December 1930
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.5 × 24.5 cm
by Kawase Hasui
Edition period is the primary value driver for Hasui prints. Pre-war lifetime editions with the Watanabe copyright seal (A through D types) consistently achieve 3–5× the price of posthumous reprints of the same design. Condition is the second key factor — unfaded colors, full margins, and absence of foxing or staining are essential. Subject matter (snow > rain > night > other) provides a further modifier within each edition tier.
Niju Bridge — the Nijubashi — connects the outer grounds of the Imperial Palace with the inner keep in central Tokyo, its stone arch reflected in the palace moat creating one of Tokyo's most composed views. This December 1930 print shows the bridge in morning light, the double reflection of arch above and below giving the composition its distinctive duality. The bridge's stone-and-iron construction and the wide moat surrounding it provided a rare combination of European engineering and Japanese spatial formality.
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](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Morning at Nijū Bridge was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in December 1930.
Morning at Nijū Bridge uses Bokashi, on woodblock print, ink and color on paper.
Morning at Nijū Bridge was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (December 1930).
Morning at Nijū Bridge depicts bridges.
Morning at Nijū Bridge measures 36.5 × 24.5 cm (Oban format).
