The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi 飛越の堺つりはし), from the series “Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces” (Shokoku meikyō kiran 諸国名橋奇覧)
The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi 飛越の堺つりはし), from the series “Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces” (Shokoku meikyō kiran 諸国名橋奇覧)

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The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi 飛越の堺つりはし), from the series “Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces” (Shokoku meikyō kiran 諸国名橋奇覧),

ca. 1834 [Tenpō 5]

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1760–1849; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Eijudō 永寿堂)
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
x1983-57

Information

Title
The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi 飛越の堺つりはし), from the series “Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces” (Shokoku meikyō kiran 諸国名橋奇覧)
Dates

ca. 1834 [Tenpō 5]

Maker
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Eijudō 永寿堂)
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
25.6 x 38.2 cm. (10 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.) mat: 36 x 48.8 cm. (14 3/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka
Object Number
x1983-57
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: Hokusai now Iitsu
Inscription
Title in cartouche upper right
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seal: Kiwame Publisher's seal: Eijudō
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
woodblock prints, oban, prints, japanese printmaking styles
Materials
ink, paper, oban, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
travel, views, suspension bridges, mountains, figures (representations)

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