Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
From the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (1925–1930) — Hasui's most prestigious documented series and the foundation of serious collecting. These prints document interwar Tokyo neighborhoods with extraordinary atmospheric sensitivity. Christie's is the most active auction house for this series, having handled 533+ Hasui lots. Series membership adds a consistent premium over standalone compositions of comparable subjects. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Shin Ohashi Bridge, from the Twenty Views of Tokyo published in 1926, depicts the Shin Ohashi — the "new great bridge" spanning the Sumida River at the Fukagawa crossing point — one of the Sumida's busiest bridges and the successor to the original Ohashi bridge made famous by Hiroshige's Sudden Shower over Ohashi series. The oban format and bokashi sky give the bridge composition the atmospheric depth suited to one of the Sumida's most historically resonant crossings, its modern iron structure visible against the wide river and the low eastern shore of Fukagawa.
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.
Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1926.
Yes — Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 3 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1926).
Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and bridges, set at Tokyo.
