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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 by Nakagawa Isaku

Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge of the fading sun by Miyamoto Shufu

Bridge of the fading sun

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Morning on the Ice Bridge by Miyamoto Shufu

Morning on the Ice Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Komagata Bridge and Steamer Terminal by Kishio Koizumi

Komagata Bridge and Steamer Terminal

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kintai bridge by Fumio Kitaoka

Kintai bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kobe bridge by Kawanishi Yuzaburo

Kobe bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kobe bridge by Kawanishi Yuzaburo

Kobe bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Late autumn at Imai Bridge, Gyotoku by Shiro Kasamatsu

Late autumn at Imai Bridge, Gyotoku

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The full moon at Uji Bridge by Kamei Tobei

The full moon at Uji Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fuji from under Bridge by Jokata Kaiseki

Fuji from under Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge and castle by Ido Masao

Bridge and castle

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Key Bridge, Washington DC by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Key Bridge, Washington DC

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hijiri bridge by Henmi Takashi

Hijiri bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nikko bridge in the snow by Kawase Hasui

Nikko bridge in the snow

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kintai bridge by Kawase Hasui

Kintai bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Stone bridge by Okiie Hashimoto

Stone bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge and lotus pond by Ogata Gekko

Bridge and lotus pond

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Bridge by Ogata Gekko

Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Moon crossing bridge by Fumio Fujita

Moon crossing bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Eitai Bridge by Fujimori Shizuo

Eitai Bridge

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Eight-Platform Bridge (Yatsuhashi), from the "Tale of Ise (Ise Monogatari)" by Suzuki Harunobu

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 by Suzuki Harunobu

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 by Takahashi Shotei

Sakawa Bridge in Evening- V2

Bridge over the Sumida River by Uehara Konen

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)" by Utagawa Toyohiro

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 by Katsukawa Shunkō

Sunset at Ryōgoku Bridge

1806–20

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Crossing the Bridge at Sano by Kitao Shigemasa

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)" by Kikukawa Eizan

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) by Kitao Masayoshi

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 by Totoya Hokkei

Bridge post and crescent moon

n.d.

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A View of the Great Bridge at Senju in Musashi Province by Katsushika Hokuju

A View of the Great Bridge at Senju in Musashi Province

c. 1820s

color woodblock print

Monkey bridge by Katsushika Taito II

Monkey bridge

c. 1830/44

Color woodblock print; oban, harimaze

Woman on the bridge watching the moon by Katsushika Taito II

Woman on the bridge watching the moon

1831

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

The Monkey Bridge by Katsushika Taito II

The Monkey Bridge

early 1830s

color woodblock print

The Iron Bridge and Osaka Castle, from the series Famous New Places in Osaka (Hanfu shinmeisho) by Hasegawa Sadanobu II

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 by Akamatsu Rinsaku

The Ebisubashi Bridge

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge by Chōbunsai Eishi

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 by Chōbunsai Eishi

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 by Nishimura Hodo

Man walking across footbridge over stream

Woman walking across footbridge over stream by Nishimura Hodo

Woman walking across footbridge over stream

Aoto Fujitsuna standing on a bridge by Inoue Yasuji

Aoto Fujitsuna standing on a bridge

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

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 by Inoue Yasuji

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 by Inoue Yasuji

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) by Inoue Yasuji

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 by Inoue Yasuji

Honjo Mikura Bridge

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge by Ippitsusai Buncho

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)" by Torii Kiyonaga

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 by Torii Kiyonaga

Pleasure Boats below Azuma Bridge

c. 1784

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)" by Totoya Hokkei

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)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

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 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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)" by Kawase Hasui

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 by Yashima Gakutei

Moonlight View of Suihiro Bridge, Tempozan

1838

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Tokiwa Bridge over the Su River by Takahashi Yuichi

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 by Utagawa Hirokage

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) by Utagawa Kunikazu

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 by Katsukawa Shunchō

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge

early 1790s

color woodblock print

#47 Komagata Bridge & the steamship port by Kishio Koizumi

#47 Komagata Bridge & the steamship port

Sacred Bridge in Nikko by Shiro Kasamatsu

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.