Senbongui and Ryōgoku Bridge
- Date:
- 1880
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 23.8 × 35.6 cm
Senbongui — the "Thousand Piles," a landmark cluster of wooden pilings in the Sumida River used as a current-break near Ryōgoku — appears alongside the great Ryōgoku Bridge in this 1880 nishiki-e. The pilings, which caught river debris and created a distinctive mid-river feature visible from the bridge, provided Kiyochika with an unusual compositional element: geometric structures breaking the water surface in the manner of Monet's haystacks or bridge series. The print documents both a functional river management feature and a distinctively Edo urban landscape.
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.
Senbongui and Ryōgoku Bridge was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1880.
Senbongui and Ryōgoku Bridge depicts landscapes and bridges.
Senbongui and Ryōgoku Bridge measures 23.8 × 35.6 cm (Oban format).
