The Great Bridge at Matsue
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
- Image courtesy of
- Ohmi Gallery
Description
This print of the Matsue Ōhashi is one of several works in which Oda examined the long wooden bridge spanning the Ohashi River in Matsue. The suffix designation suggests this impression belongs to a catalogued group of related works, potentially distinguished by printing state, color variation, or paper type. In the sosaku-hanga tradition Oda championed, the artist's control over printing allowed intentional variation between impressions of the same block. The Matsue Ōhashi was a subject of particular geographic and cultural resonance, associated with the writer Lafcadio Hearn who lived in Matsue and whose writings on Japan had circulated internationally. Oda's multiple treatments of this bridge suggest both its pictorial richness — the geometric structure set against water and sky — and its significance as a symbol of provincial Japan beyond Tokyo.
More Prints by Oda Kazuma
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Great Bridge at Matsue was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
The Great Bridge at Matsue depicts landscapes.