Niju-bashi, the double-arched bridge at the entrance to Tokyo's Imperial Palace, is one of Japan's most symbolically important architectural features. Tokuriki's rendering captures the bridge's elegant stone arches reflected in the palace moat. Publisher editions from Unsodo typically sell for $50-$250, and the subject's national significance gives it broad appeal beyond the Kyoto-focused core of his collector base.
Nijubashi Bridge — the "double bridge" leading to the inner grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, its iron bridge of 1964 reflected in the moat below alongside the stone bridge (Fushimi-yagura Bridge) behind it — is Tokuriki's subject in this print. The Nijubashi is among Tokyo's most photographed imperial landmarks, its formal setting and reflective moat creating the kind of composed, symmetrical landscape that Tokuriki's trained architectural eye could exploit with particular skill. The imperial context gives the bridge a ceremonial gravity.
Woodblock print
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Niju-bashi Bridge was created by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎).
Niju-bashi Bridge uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Niju-bashi Bridge was published by Unsodo.
Niju-bashi Bridge depicts bridges.
