print
- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.560
- Title
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Object: Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu かうつけ佐野ふなはしの古づ (Old Picture of the Boat-Bridge at Sano, Kozuke Province)
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Series: Shokoku meikyo kiran 諸国名橋奇覧 (Wondrous Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces)
- Description
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Colour woodblock print. Snow scene with pontoon bridge curving into distance. 1 of 3.
- Production date
- 1834 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.90 centimetres
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Width: 36.80 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Clark 2017
A boat bridge is constructed by fixing a line of boats together with planks. They existed in many places, but the boat bridge at Sano in Kōzuke province (modern Takazaki city, Gunma prefecture) was particularly well known. The bridge was made famous in the medieval Noh play Funabashi (Boat Bridge), which in turn took its inspiration from a poem in the ancient Manyōshū collection of the late ad 700s. In creating this scene Hokusai may have been influenced by a poem by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241) about a completely different place, the ferry crossing at Sano (modern Shinmiya city, Wakayama prefecture). The large print ‘One hundred bridges at a glance’ (1823, cat. 00) includes at bottom right a similar image of a boat bridge, which Hokusai apparently enlarged to create the present print.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017 25 May - 2 July, London, BM, G35, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave
2017 6 Oct - 19 Nov, Osaka, Abeno Harukas Art Museum
2022 16 Apr-12 Jun, Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, Hokusai from the British Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1906,1220,0.560
