Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), Edo period, 19th century
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May 28, 01:15 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran), signed saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, censor's seal kiwame, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1834
Horizontal oban:
25.4 x 37.4 cm.
Measuring 1,248 feet, the Yahagi Bridge was the longest constructed along the route of the Tokaido. A crowd of pedestrians, porters and men on horseback are shown crossing the dramatic arch of the bridge. Cloth and umbrellas have been put out to dry on the riverbed below; a little way off a group of samurai use the temporary space as an archery range.
For an example of a different impression in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 1937,0710,0.185, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1937-0710-0-185