Ommaya Bridge
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Chazen Museum of Art
Typical Price
- Exceptional or scarce Kiyochika subject in fine condition: $1,000–$5,000
- Good condition print: $300–$1,000
- Standard impression: $150–$500
Description
Ommaya Bridge — one of the Sumida River crossings in the Imado district of eastern Tokyo — is depicted in this undated print with the low, horizontal compositional approach Kiyochika brought to bridge subjects throughout his Tokyo meisho career. The bridge's wooden structure, the river's dark surface, and the atmospheric sky above follow the compositional grammar he established in his earliest Tokyo works and refined across dozens of river and bridge subjects through the 1870s and 1880s.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ommaya Bridge was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Ommaya Bridge depicts landscapes and bridges.