
Bridge of the fading sun
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
A long wooden bridge on stone-and-timber piers spans a river under a hazy grey-blue sky, with wooded hills and clustered rooftops visible faintly along the far bank. The composition is rendered in muted greys, blues, and blacks, with a band of white-capped ripples across the foreground water and soft mist blurring the tree line behind the bridge. The scene is still and quiet, with no figures present; a red artist's seal appears at lower left and Japanese characters and a pencil edition number appear beneath the image. Titled "Bridge of the Fading Sun" by Miyamoto Shufu, mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print), year unknown.
More Prints by Miyamoto Shufu
More Bridges Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"
1926
Color woodblock print; oban

Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo)
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
Bridge of the fading sun was created by Miyamoto Shufu (宮本秋風).
Bridge of the fading sun depicts bridges.



