From Hiroshige's Meisho Edo hyakkei, this [oban](/glossary/oban) [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e) depicts the view from Eitai Bridge (永代橋) across the Sumida River toward Tsukuda Island (佃島), the settlement founded by Osaka fishermen brought to Edo in the early seventeenth century to supply the Tokugawa shogunate with fresh fish. The composition likely employs a low viewpoint at the bridge's railing, with the river's broad expanse receding toward the island's low profile of clustered buildings and the rigging of fishing vessels. Hiroshige's characteristic parallel [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) bands render the flat, reflective surface of the water under a widely distributed sky. Tsukuda Island was known as the origin of tsukudani—fish and shellfish preserved in soy sauce—and its working waterfront character, defined by net-drying frames and moored boats, contrasts with the bridge's structural foreground. The low skyline of the island against the open horizon gives the composition a horizontal spaciousness unusual among the more scenographically compressed views in the series.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
Yes — View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" is part of the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series (print 4 of 118) by Utagawa Hiroshige.
View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and famous places (meisho-e).
