53 Stations of the Tokaido: Sanjo-ohashi, Station 55

53 Stations of the Tokaido: Sanjo-ohashi, Station 55

Arts; Arts-Prints;

Color woodblock, 7 X 9 1/4 inches, ink and color on paper. Central bridge,busy with travelers and pilgrims, diminishing at vanishing point with grey mountains in the distance. Sanjo-ohashi Bridge in Kyoto was located on the Kamo River and one of the major landmarks in Kyoto. Hiroshige skillfully uses one point perspective to lead the eye of the viewer gradually to the other endof the bridge, past the rooftops of Kyoto to Higashiyama Mountain range in the far distance.

Originally purchased from Arts and Crafts, Yokoyama, Tokyo

Ando Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)

Collection of Dr. Richard M. Kraus, emeritus Marietta College.

Special Collections, Dawes Memorial Library

Marietta College

Materials may be used for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Acknowledgement to be given to the ASIANetwork-Luce Asian Art in the Undergraduate Curriculum Project and to the college from whose collection the work comes. The individual college retains copyright to the work.

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Japanese

still image

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Japan

Japan - Edo-Tokugawa 1615 - 1868

Printed in 1931

2880 w x 2124 h, 72 ppi