Nihonbashi #1
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Nihonbashi — "Japan Bridge" — was the ceremonial starting point of the five great highways of Edo, including the Tokaido. This urban view depicts the bridge and the commercial district surrounding it, bustling with fish sellers, merchants, and travelers. Hiroshige returned to Nihonbashi repeatedly across his career, capturing the heart of Edo's merchant city in different seasons and times of day.
More Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Nihonbashi #1 was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
Nihonbashi #1 depicts urban scenes, set at Nihonbashi.