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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

Kintai Bridge in Suo Province (Suo no kuni Kintaibashi), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Kintai Bridge in Suo Province (Suo no kuni Kintaibashi), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

'The Nihon Bridge in Edo'  by Katsushika Hokusai

'The Nihon Bridge in Edo'

Print

Women Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge by Torii Kiyonaga

Women Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

c. 1786

Color woodblock print; oban diptych

Distant View of Ryogoku from the Ohashi Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige

Distant View of Ryogoku from the Ohashi Bridge

ca. 1855

Print

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

c. 1830/33

Color woodblock print; oban

Chinese Official Pausing on a Bridge to View the Snow (from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse) by Katsushika Hokusai

Chinese Official Pausing on a Bridge to View the Snow (from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse)

1834–5

color woodblock print

Autumn Moon Over the Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku no shūgetsu), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Fūryū Tōto hakkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Autumn Moon Over the Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku no shūgetsu), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Fūryū Tōto hakkei)

Late Edo period, circa 1803-1805

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)" by Katsushika Hokusai

The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

A Peasant Crossing a Bridge, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems by Katsushika Hokusai

A Peasant Crossing a Bridge, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

late 1830s

Color woodblock print; nagaban

The Tenma Bridge in Settsu Province (Sesshū Tenmabashi) by Katsushika Hokusai

The Tenma Bridge in Settsu Province (Sesshū Tenmabashi)

ca. 1834

Print

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsu-kyō) by Katsushika Hokusai

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsu-kyō)

ca. 1834

Print

Eight Indoor Scenes (Zashiki Hakkei):The Bridges of a Zithern-Geese Alighting (Kotoji no rakugan) by Suzuki Harunobu

Eight Indoor Scenes (Zashiki Hakkei):The Bridges of a Zithern-Geese Alighting (Kotoji no rakugan)

Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

1853

Color woodblock print; oban

Sunset Across Ryōgoku Bridge from Ommayagashi (Ommayagashi yori Ryōgoku-bashi yūhi-mi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Sunset Across Ryōgoku Bridge from Ommayagashi (Ommayagashi yori Ryōgoku-bashi yūhi-mi)

ca. 1830-31

Print

Fukui Bridge in Echizen Province (Echizen Fukui no hashi) by Katsushika Hokusai

Fukui Bridge in Echizen Province (Echizen Fukui no hashi)

ca. 1834

Print

Old View of the Eight-part Bridge at Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province (Mikawa no Yatsuhashi no kozu) by Katsushika Hokusai

Old View of the Eight-part Bridge at Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province (Mikawa no Yatsuhashi no kozu)

ca. 1834

Print

Number 11 of the Bridge Series by Katsushika Hokusai

Number 11 of the Bridge Series

19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Yoshitsune Awaits Benkei at Gojo Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshitsune Awaits Benkei at Gojo Bridge

c. 1840

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

A View of Timber Yards from a Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige

A View of Timber Yards from a Bridge

c. late 1840s

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

Motoyanagi Bridge (Motoyanagi bashi)  by Utagawa Hiroshige

Motoyanagi Bridge (Motoyanagi bashi)

1862

Print

Enjoying the Cool of the Evening and Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku nōryū ōhanabi), left sheet of an incomplete triptych by Utagawa Hiroshige

Enjoying the Cool of the Evening and Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku nōryū ōhanabi), left sheet of an incomplete triptych

c. 1847-1852

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Night View of the Yamato Tea-house in Nawate Dori Seen from Shijo Bridge by Hasegawa Sadanobu I

Night View of the Yamato Tea-house in Nawate Dori Seen from Shijo Bridge

1836-1870

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Children at Play on a Snowy Morning by the Great Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Shin Ôhashi yuki no asa kodomo asobi no zu) by Utagawa Sadatora

Children at Play on a Snowy Morning by the Great Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Shin Ôhashi yuki no asa kodomo asobi no zu)

東都新大橋雪の朝子供遊の図

c. 1830s (Edo period)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

The Moon Reflected on the Water by the Pier of a Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Moon Reflected on the Water by the Pier of a Bridge

ca. 1845-1850

Print

Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni in Suo Province (Suo Iwakuni Kintai-bashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni in Suo Province (Suo Iwakuni Kintai-bashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

Late Edo period, dated 1859

Ink on paper

Gion Festival at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku-bashi Gion-e no zu) by Utagawa Yoshitomi

Gion Festival at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku-bashi Gion-e no zu)

両国橋祇園会之図

Edo period

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

True Picture of a Five-Story Building at Kaiun Bridge (Mitsui House), First National Bank of Japan by Utagawa Kuniteru II

True Picture of a Five-Story Building at Kaiun Bridge (Mitsui House), First National Bank of Japan

海運橋三井組ハウス第一国立銀行真景之図

1872

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e), ōban triptych

Evening Cool and the Ryogoku Bridge Seen from the Shubi Pine Tree at Okawa by Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Cool and the Ryogoku Bridge Seen from the Shubi Pine Tree at Okawa

1849-1852

Print

The Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto

1853-1857

Print

Yotsubashi Bridge, from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi) by Hasegawa Sadanobu I

Yotsubashi Bridge, from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)

1869-70

Color woodblock print

A View of Mansei Bridge in Tokyo (Tōkyō Manseibashi no zu) by Utagawa Kuniteru II

A View of Mansei Bridge in Tokyo (Tōkyō Manseibashi no zu)

東京萬世橋之図

ca. 1873

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e), ōban

No. 19, Ejiri: Koyoshida Bridge (Koyoshida no hashi), from the series The Tōkaidō Road, The Fifty-three Stations (Tōkaidō, Gojūsan tsugi no uchi) by Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 19, Ejiri: Koyoshida Bridge (Koyoshida no hashi), from the series The Tōkaidō Road, The Fifty-three Stations (Tōkaidō, Gojūsan tsugi no uchi)

c. 1850-1851

Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge and Gravel Pit at Takata (Takata Sugataminohashi Omokagenohashi jariba), Number 116 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge and Gravel Pit at Takata (Takata Sugataminohashi Omokagenohashi jariba), Number 116 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (1st month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Night View of Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series Kōto meisho by Utagawa Hiroshige

Night View of Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series Kōto meisho

Late Edo period, circa 1840-1849

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Bridge in Y-City by Matsumoto Shunsuke

Bridge in Y-City

Y市の橋

1943

Oil on canvas

Summer: Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge (Natsu, Ryōgoku no tsuki), from the series Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Summer: Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge (Natsu, Ryōgoku no tsuki), from the series Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho)

20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Eight Bridges (Yatsuhashi) by Kawabata Ryūshi

Eight Bridges (Yatsuhashi)

八ツ橋

1945

Painting; mineral pigments

The Star-Lovers Meeting on the Bridge of Birds by Ozawa Nankoku

The Star-Lovers Meeting on the Bridge of Birds

1880 (page 6, Trübner edition 1887)

Wood-engraved book illustration after an original brush-and-ink drawing by Ozawa Nankoku of Tokyo; engraving by Henry W. Troy, New York

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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.