Catalog record · 目録番号 22654
Eitai Bridge in the Evening Rain
Catalog note / 解説
<b>Object Type</b><br>Japanese woodblock prints were commercial productions made for popular consumption. They were made by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers. Fan prints like this were mounted on rigid bamboo frames and sold in large numbers during Japan's hot and humid summer. Cityscape and landscape views were very popular in 19th-century Japan. Hiroshige was especially well known for his work in this field.<br><br><b>Place</b><br>The Eitai Bridge, depicted here in an evening downpour, spanned the Sumida River in Edo (modern Tokyo) just before it widened into Edo Bay (modern Tokyo Bay). It was completed in 1698 as a link…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · Originally in Edo era, this re-carved edition was published in unknown date. · vam
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