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Bridges Prints (425)

Japanese woodblock prints featuring bridges as architectural and compositional subjects. From the famous Nihonbashi bridge of Edo to rustic countryside crossings, bridges serve as symbols of connection and as dramatic focal points in landscape compositions.

Artists Known for Bridges

Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924

Woodblock print

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

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

1947

Color woodblock print; oban

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo) by Kawase Hasui

Sacred Bridge in Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo)

1930

Color woodblock print; oban

Nakahashi Bridge by Katsuyuki Nishijima

Nakahashi Bridge

Woodblock print

Evening Shower at Imai Bridge by Kawase Hasui

Evening Shower at Imai Bridge

August 1932

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Yatsubashi — 八ッ橋 by Kajita Hanko

Yatsubashi — 八ッ橋

Woodblock print

Kameido Bridge (Kameido), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Kameido Bridge (Kameido), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

Kameido

1927

Color woodblock print

Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) by Kawase Hasui

Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi)

Summer 1920

Color woodblock print

Benkei Bridge by Toshi Yoshida

Benkei Bridge

Woodblock print

TItle unknown [bridge and houses in front of yellow sky] by Tadashige Ono

TItle unknown [bridge and houses in front of yellow sky]

mid 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Half Moon Bridge by Toshi Yoshida

Half Moon Bridge

Woodblock print

Iida Bridge by Toshi Yoshida

Iida Bridge

Woodblock print

Stone Bridge by Toshi Yoshida

Stone Bridge

Woodblock print

Moon over Akebi Bridge (Akebibashi no tsuki) by Kawase Hasui

Moon over Akebi Bridge (Akebibashi no tsuki)

1935

Color woodblock print

August (The Bonfire Festival of the Daimonji Hill Viewed from the Sanjo Bridge) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

August (The Bonfire Festival of the Daimonji Hill Viewed from the Sanjo Bridge)

八月 (三条大橋より大文字)

second half 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Fujimi Bridge - Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Fujimi Bridge - Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

Woodblock print

Kintaibashi Bridge - Famous, Sacred and Historical Places by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Kintaibashi Bridge - Famous, Sacred and Historical Places

Woodblock print

Morning at Nijū Bridge by Kawase Hasui

Morning at Nijū Bridge

December 1930

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Snow Covered Bridge by Takeji Asano

Snow Covered Bridge

Woodblock print

Maple Leaves at Tsu-u-ten Bridge by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Maple Leaves at Tsu-u-ten Bridge

Woodblock print

Great Bridge at Senju by Utagawa Hiroshige

Great Bridge at Senju

Niju-bashi Bridge by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Niju-bashi Bridge

Woodblock print

Setta Bridge - Oumi Hakkei by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Setta Bridge - Oumi Hakkei

Woodblock print

Morning Mist at Sanjô Bridge, Kyoto (Sanjô ôhashi no asagiri), Taishô period, dated 1924 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Morning Mist at Sanjô Bridge, Kyoto (Sanjô ôhashi no asagiri), Taishô period, dated 1924

Woodblock print

Scene at a Bridge over a Stream, with Nine Figures and Cottages, from the book The Stamping Song of Men (Otoko toka) by Katsushika Hokusai

Scene at a Bridge over a Stream, with Nine Figures and Cottages, from the book The Stamping Song of Men (Otoko toka)

Woodblock print

Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge by Kawase Hasui

Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge

April 1936

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Edo Bridge in Front of Post Office by Utagawa Hiroshige

Edo Bridge in Front of Post Office

Chinese Bridge at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei) by Ito Shinsui

Chinese Bridge at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

1918

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Yakumo Bridge at the Nagata Shrine, Kobe, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kainsai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Kobe Nagata jinja Yakumobashi) by Kawase Hasui

Yakumo Bridge at the Nagata Shrine, Kobe, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kainsai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Kobe Nagata jinja Yakumobashi)

October 1934

Color woodblock print

The Long Bridge of Toyokawa at the Yoshida station of the Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Long Bridge of Toyokawa at the Yoshida station of the Tokaido

Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige

Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge

Imaibashi Bridge in Late Autumn by Shiro Kasamatsu

Imaibashi Bridge in Late Autumn

Woodblock print

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi) by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi)

1833

Color woodblock print; surimono

R

Ryogoku Bridge

両国橋

c. 1915

Lithograph

S

Stone Bridge at Nagasaki (Meganebashi)

長崎眼鏡橋

c. 1924

Color woodblock print

Fuji from Ommayagashi with Twilight over Ryogoku Bridge (Ommayagashi yori ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Fuji from Ommayagashi with Twilight over Ryogoku Bridge (Ommayagashi yori ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Woodblock print

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Snow Scene of the Bank of Japan near Eitaibashi Bridge by Inoue Yasuji

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Snow Scene of the Bank of Japan near Eitaibashi Bridge

Woodblock print

Bridge by Tadashige Ono

Bridge

1959

Print

Komagata Temple & Azuma Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige

Komagata Temple & Azuma Bridge

Kameido Bridge or Shrine by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Kameido Bridge or Shrine

Woodblock print

Kangetsu Bridge by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Kangetsu Bridge

Woodblock print

Nihonbashi Bridge by Noël Nouët

Nihonbashi Bridge

Woodblock print

Ryogoku Bridge — 両国橋 by Noël Nouët

Ryogoku Bridge — 両国橋

Woodblock print

Unknown title- XX Bridge — ?慶橋 by Noël Nouët

Unknown title- XX Bridge — ?慶橋

Woodblock print

Great Bridge at Senju by Kogan Tobari

Great Bridge at Senju

1913

Color woodblock print

Railway Bridge by Sakuichi Fukazawa

Railway Bridge

1933

Woodblock print

Benkei Bridge by Hiroshi Yoshida

Benkei Bridge

Not set

Woodblock print

36 Views Of Osaka The Ebisubashi Bridge by Akamatsu Rinsaku

36 Views Of Osaka The Ebisubashi Bridge

Woodblock print

Shirahige Bridge by Fujimaki Yoshio

Shirahige Bridge

Woodblock print on paper

A Steel Bridge by Fujimaki Yoshio

A Steel Bridge

Woodblock print on paper

Chosei Bridge by Mizushima Nihofu

Chosei Bridge

Woodblock print

Half Moon Bridge by Hiroshi Yoshida

Half Moon Bridge

1941

Woodblock print

The Great Bridge of Sanjō in Kyoto by Hiroshi Yoshida

The Great Bridge of Sanjō in Kyoto

1927

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Willow and Stone Bridge by Hiroshi Yoshida

Willow and Stone Bridge

1926

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bridge by Kogan Tobari

Bridge

c. 1920

Woodblock print

The Great Bridge at Senju (Senju Ôhashi) by Kogan Tobari

The Great Bridge at Senju (Senju Ôhashi)

Japanese, Taishô era, 20th century

Woodblock print

Nihonbashi in Early Spring — 早春の日本橋 by Hiromitsu Nakazawa

Nihonbashi in Early Spring — 早春の日本橋

Woodblock print

Distant view of Tenjin Bridge, from by Oda Kazuma

Distant view of Tenjin Bridge, from

Woodblock print

#4 Sukiya Bridge at Night (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6) by Oda Kazuma

#4 Sukiya Bridge at Night (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6)

Woodblock print

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Frequently Asked Questions

Japanese woodblock prints featuring bridges as architectural and compositional subjects. From the famous Nihonbashi bridge of Edo to rustic countryside crossings, bridges serve as symbols of connection and as dramatic focal points in landscape compositions.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, and Inoue Yasuji are among the artists most associated with bridges in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 425 prints tagged with bridges, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.