View of Tenma-bashi Bridge, from One Hundred Views of Naniwa (Naniwa Hyakkei)
天満ばし風景(浪花百景)
- Date:
- 1860-1861
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Osaka Municipal Central Library
天満ばし風景(浪花百景)
This color woodblock print by Utagawa Kunikazu, dated 1860-1861 and preserved by the Osaka Municipal Central Library through Wikimedia Commons, depicts the Tenma-bashi Bridge (天満橋) over the Ōkawa River in central Osaka, one of the major span bridges connecting the northern and southern halves of the city and one of the so-called Naniwa no yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges of Naniwa) celebrated in Osaka civic identity. The composition shows the bridge in characteristic kamigata-e perspective with foot traffic crossing, boats passing beneath on the river that drained the great rice markets of Dōjima to the bay, and the surrounding riverside merchant buildings rendered in the atmospheric palette typical of the series. The Tenma-bashi connected the merchant district of Tenma in the north to the central administrative and commercial precincts on the southern bank and served as a daily transit route for porters, merchants, theatergoers, and pilgrims visiting the Tenma Tenmangu shrine. The Naniwa hyakkei series, comprising approximately 102 prints designed collaboratively by Kunikazu together with Hasegawa Sadanobu II and Nansuitei Yoshiyuki in 1860-1861, was the great Osaka topographical project that paralleled Hiroshige's Edo meisho tradition. The print measures the chū-[tanzaku](/glossary/tanzaku) format used throughout the series and is executed in ink and color on paper with the restrained palette, gradient sky, and selective use of indigo for the river that exemplify Osaka kamigata-e [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) production. The Osaka Municipal Central Library preserves the most complete extant set.
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View of Tenma-bashi Bridge, from One Hundred Views of Naniwa (Naniwa Hyakkei) (天満ばし風景(浪花百景)) was created by Utagawa Kunikazu (歌川国員) in 1860-1861.
View of Tenma-bashi Bridge, from One Hundred Views of Naniwa (Naniwa Hyakkei) depicts landscapes and bridges.