Hijiribashi
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
Hijiribashi — the "Holy Bridge" or "Sage Bridge" — spans the Kanda River in the Ochanomizu district of Tokyo, a neighborhood where private universities cluster on the high ground above the river. Henmi's attention to this bridge, as with his other Tokyo subjects, reflects his systematic documentation of the city's urban infrastructure — its bridges, its crossings, its built transitions between one part of the city and another. The bridge subject allowed him to explore the geometry of engineered form within the natural setting of a river valley.
More Prints by Henmi Takashi
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hijiribashi was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Hijiribashi depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and bridges.