print
- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.565
- Title
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Object: Suo-no-kuni Kintai-bashi すほうの国きんたいばし (Brocade-Sash Bridge in Suo 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. Bridge with multiple arches supported on stone pilings. 1 of 3.
- Production date
- 1834 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 25 centimetres
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Width: 36.90 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Clark 2017
Kintai (‘Brocade Sash’) bridge, with its striking five arched spans, crosses the Nishiki river in Suō province (modern Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi prefecture) in western Japan. The bridge was built in 1673 by order of Kikkawa Hiroyoshi (1621–1679), the third generation samurai lord of the Iwakuni fief. As shown in this print, the three central wooden arches over the river rest on stone pillars, with an arched wooden span at either end. Hokusai surely used local pictures and gazetteers as reference, but even making allowance for this, the depiction of the stone pillars is rather rough. In later printings, the atmospheric slanting rain is omitted.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017 8 July - 13 Aug, 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
- 1906,1220,0.565
