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Niju-bashi Bridge by Tomikichiro Tokuriki — Japanese Woodblock print

Niju-bashi Bridge

by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Shin-hangaSōsaku-hanga
Bridges
Nishiki-eMoku-hangaKentoBarenSumi
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Publisher:
Unsodo
Source:
ukiyo-e.org

Description

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.

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An Oharame Girl Carrying Firewood on Her Head

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April (Arashiyama Park, a Famous Scenic Resort) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

April (Arashiyama Park, a Famous Scenic Resort)

四月 (嵐山)

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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

June (Rainy Scene of the Sen-ke, Japanese Tea Ceremony Founder's House) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

June (Rainy Scene of the Sen-ke, Japanese Tea Ceremony Founder's House)

六月 (千家雨景)

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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

More Bridges Prints

Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

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

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

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Color woodblock print; oban

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

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) by Kawase Hasui

Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo)

1930

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Featured in Collections

Curated cross-cuts that include this print.

Shin-Hanga: Japan's Twentieth-Century Print RevivalSōsaku-Hanga: The Creative-Print Movement

Frequently Asked Questions

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.