Ryuhashi at Night- Yanagibashi- postwar
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
Koitsu's atmospheric night and temple scenes are his most sought-after subjects. Doi Hangaten first editions (1930s) are the most desirable; Watanabe editions are more common.
Yanagibashi — Willow Bridge — was one of the most elegant night entertainment districts along the Sumida River in old Tokyo, its teahouses and boat-landing geisha establishments facing the river. Koitsu renders the bridge in the postwar period, when the old entertainment quarter had been rebuilt after the firebombing of 1945, capturing a moment of reconstruction and the persistence of the pleasure district's traditional form. The night [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) sky over the river reflections suggests the old Yanagibashi atmosphere still present beneath the rebuilt surface.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![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
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ryuhashi at Night- Yanagibashi- postwar was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸).
Ryuhashi at Night- Yanagibashi- postwar uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Ryuhashi at Night- Yanagibashi- postwar was published by Doi Sadaichi.
Ryuhashi at Night- Yanagibashi- postwar depicts night scenes.
