Iida Bridge is an atmospheric Tokyo scene rendered in the careful architectural style that Toshi Yoshida developed early in his career. Expect $300-$900 for studio editions from the family workshop and $600-$1,500 for jizuri self-printed impressions. Bridge compositions by the Yoshida family are consistently popular with collectors, and Iida Bridge offers an accessible entry point into Toshi's urban subjects.
Iida Bridge depicts one of Tokyo's urban crossings in a manner that reflects Yoshida's early training within the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) tradition, before he moved toward abstraction and wildlife subjects. The bridge subject connects him to both his father Hiroshi's urban landscapes and the broader tradition of meisho bridge imagery in Japanese printmaking. Yoshida's treatment likely emphasizes the bridge's setting within a city or garden environment, the reflections in the water and the surrounding architecture providing the compositional context that distinguishes his early representational work.
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)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Iida Bridge was created by Toshi Yoshida (吉田遠志).
Iida Bridge uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Iida Bridge was published by Yoshida Studio.
Iida Bridge depicts bridges.
