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Print
Azumabashi Bridge
Edo Bridges
Utagawa Kunisada I, 1786 - 1864
Utagawa Kunisada I
Japan
1786 - 1864
Male
15 1/16 x 10 5/16 in. (38.2 x 26.2 cm)
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sheet (irregular)
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
ca. 1835
1830
1840
Japanese, musical instruments (depictions), Ukiyo-e, woodcuts
Print
One in a series on the theme of bridges spanning the Sumida River that bisects Edo, this print shows the <em>Azumabashi</em>, or Azuma Bridge (<em>-bashi</em> means bridge), in the background. The Azuma Bridge was famous as the site where the fireworks displays over the river in summer were customarily viewed. Mt. Fuji appears in the distance behind the title cartouche on the left, and a roof of the popular Sensôji temple juts up just to the right at the far end of the bridge. The two most famous bridges of this appearance during the Edo period were Azumabashi in Edo and Sanjô Ôhashi in Kyoto. While the geisha playing the <em>shamisen</em> in the foreground is not specified, her name may well be Azuma ("East"), then as now a common word in the names of people such as entertainers and sumô wrestlers.
, Signature: Kochoro Kunisada ga
1997.206
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Memorial Art Gallery
6/22/2000
97.206DI1
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97.206SL1
slide
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Print
Spring Rain in the Sunset Glow (two geisha)
Utagawa Kunisada I, 1786 - 1864
Utagawa Kunisada I
Japan
1786 - 1864
Male
14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (36.3 x 24.8 cm)
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sheet
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1855
1855
1855
Japanese, musical instruments (depictions), Ukiyo-e, woodcuts
Print
1997.207
item
Memorial Art Gallery
6/22/2000
97.207DI1
digital image
00/00/00
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