Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twenty Views of Tokyo (print 3 of 20)
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A steel truss bridge spans the composition at night in falling rain, its diagonal girders silhouetted dark against a deep blue-black sky streaked with vertical rain lines. Lit lamps atop stone pillars glow amber and cast rippling reflections across the wet roadway, with a covered cart or vehicle parked beneath the trusswork at left and taut wires crossing the scene. Kawase Hasui's 1926 oban color woodblock print, "Shin Ohashi Bridge," from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo," renders the bridge and street in near-monochrome blues and blacks against the warm glow of the lamps.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.