Benkei Bridge
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Benkei Bridge in Tokyo is depicted here with the atmospheric mood that Yoshida brought to his early landscape work, the bridge and its moat setting reflecting the influence of his father Hiroshi's shin-hanga approach while beginning to assert Toshi's own compositional identity. The bridge is named for the legendary warrior-monk Benkei, whose heroic loyalty has made his name one of the most enduring in Japanese popular culture. Yoshida's treatment emphasizes the bridge's architectural form reflected in still water, the tags referencing the warrior Benkei adding a cultural dimension to the topographic subject.
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Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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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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Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"
1926
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Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo)
1930
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Benkei Bridge was created by Toshi Yoshida (吉田遠志).
Benkei Bridge uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Benkei Bridge was published by Yoshida Studio.
Benkei Bridge depicts bridges and warriors.