Bridges Prints (400)
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

Bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge of the fading sun
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Morning on the Ice Bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Komagata Bridge and Steamer Terminal
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kintai bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kobe bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kobe bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Late autumn at Imai Bridge, Gyotoku
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The full moon at Uji Bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fuji from under Bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge and castle
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Key Bridge, Washington DC
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hijiri bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nikko bridge in the snow
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kintai bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Stone bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge and lotus pond
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Moon crossing bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Eitai Bridge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Eight-Platform Bridge (Yatsuhashi), from the "Tale of Ise (Ise Monogatari)"
c. 1764/65
Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e

Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge
c. 1765/70
Woodblock print; hashira-e, sumizuri-e

Sakawa Bridge in Evening- V2

Bridge over the Sumida River
隅田川の橋
before 1940
Color woodblock print

Evening Glow at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)"
c. 1804/18
Color woodblock print; oban

Sunset at Ryōgoku Bridge
1806–20
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Crossing the Bridge at Sano
c. 1774
Color woodblock print; koban

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi noryo), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"
early 19th century
Color woodblock print; oban

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei)
Unknown
Color woodblock print, horizontal ô-ôban

Bridge post and crescent moon
n.d.
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A View of the Great Bridge at Senju in Musashi Province
c. 1820s
color woodblock print

Monkey bridge
c. 1830/44
Color woodblock print; oban, harimaze

Woman on the bridge watching the moon
1831
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

The Monkey Bridge
early 1830s
color woodblock print

The Iron Bridge and Osaka Castle, from the series Famous New Places in Osaka (Hanfu shinmeisho)
浪華新名所 鉄橋
1870
Color woodblock print with purple borders

The Ebisubashi Bridge

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
ca. 1792
Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Leftmost Print from Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
c. 1792
woodblock print from a pentaptych; ink and color on paper

Man walking across footbridge over stream

Woman walking across footbridge over stream

Aoto Fujitsuna standing on a bridge

Asakusa Bridge in the Rain (Asakusa-bashi uchû no kei)

Bank of Japan in Snow from Eitaibashi Bridge — 永代橋際日本銀行の雪

Burntout Remains at Ryougokubashi Bridge — 両国橋焼跡

Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of a Torpedo Explosion Seen from Azuma Bridge (Tôkyô meisho Azuma-bashi yori suirai no enbô no zu)

Honjo Mikura Bridge

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge
reprint of c. 1769 design
Color woodblock print; hosoban

Watching the Water Festival from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"
c. 1782
Color woodblock print; chuban

Pleasure Boats below Azuma Bridge
c. 1784
Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"
c. 1828
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Red Maple Trees at the Tsuten Bridge (Tsutenkyo no momiji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban

The Young Yoshitsune defeats Benkei at Gojo Bridge
c. 1848
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Yakumo Bridge at Nagata Shrine in Kobe (Kobe Nagata-jinja Yakumobashi), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1930
Color woodblock print; oban

Moonlight View of Suihiro Bridge, Tempozan
1838
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Tokiwa Bridge over the Su River
常盤橋図
c. 1881–1883
Oil on canvas

No. 2, Shower at Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku no yūdachi), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
江戸名所道化尽 二 両国の夕立
1859
Color woodblock print (nishiki-e)

View of Tenma-bashi Bridge, from One Hundred Views of Naniwa (Naniwa Hyakkei)
天満ばし風景(浪花百景)
1860-1861
Color woodblock print

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge
early 1790s
color woodblock print

#47 Komagata Bridge & the steamship port

Sacred Bridge in Nikko
1941
Color woodblock print; oban
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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 400 prints tagged with bridges, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.



