Iida Bridge
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Iida Bridge depicts one of Tokyo's urban crossings in a manner that reflects Yoshida's early training within the 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.
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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)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
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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)
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.