View of Onmaya Bridge
- Date:
- c. 1879
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 20.6 × 31.3 cm
Onmaya Bridge — the horse-stabling bridge across the Sumida River near the shogunal horse stables at Asakusa — is shown in this circa-1879 [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e) in one of Kiyochika's early documentation prints of the Sumida's eastern crossings. The view from below or alongside the bridge, with the river extending in both directions, was a compositional strategy Kiyochika used to give lateral depth to scenes that could otherwise read as a flat panorama. The Meiji-period wooden bridge structure retained Edo-era character that Kiyochika found more sympathetic than the stone and iron replacements being built elsewhere.
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.
View of Onmaya Bridge was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in c. 1879.
View of Onmaya Bridge depicts landscapes and bridges.
View of Onmaya Bridge measures 20.6 × 31.3 cm (Oban format).
