Kototoi at Sumida Park
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
A second view of the Kototoi district along Sumida Park, focused on the Kototoi Bridge or the named riverside locality from which it took its name. The bridge — a steel-trussed structure rebuilt after the 1923 earthquake — exemplifies the modern infrastructure that Koizumi incorporated alongside older religious sites in One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo. The composition would set the bridge or riverbank against the broader Sumida River, the water rendered with [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations and the structural members carried by precise keyblock cutting. The pairing with the previous Sumida Park view reflects Koizumi's serial method: returning to the same district from multiple vantages, in the meisho tradition of recording a named place across seasons and viewpoints. He designed, carved, and printed every block himself, sustaining the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) ideal across the entire production sequence.
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
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1940
Color woodblock print; oban
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Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1938
Color woodblock print; oban
10/70, 1966
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kototoi at Sumida Park was created by Kishio Koizumi (小泉癸巳男).
Kototoi at Sumida Park depicts gardens.