$500–$8,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: His enormous output (lived to 102) means most works are accessible. Early black-and-white prints are most valued.
Nihonbashi — "Japan Bridge" — the symbolic center of Tokyo and the starting point of all five Tokaido highways, is rendered here at night in a color woodblock that captures the bridge's Taisho-era stone form against Tokyo's urban illumination. The 1946 color print documents the bridge as it appeared before and during the war, its stone arches framing the Nihonbashi River below.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Night at Nihonbashi Bridge (Tokyo) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1946.
Night at Nihonbashi Bridge (Tokyo) depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and bridges, set at Tokyo, Nihonbashi.
