People standing on a bridge in Edo as a rickshaw passes by. Colour woodcut by Kiyochika, 1876.

  • Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915.
Date:
1876
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37353i
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People standing on a bridge in Edo as a rickshaw passes by. Colour woodcut by Kiyochika, 1876. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Edobashi bridge, built of stone, is on the right; through its arches the wooden Nihonbashi bridge can be glimpsed. Of the buildings in the background, the right building is the town house of the leading industrialist Shihsawa Eiichi; on the left is the first National Bank. The design reproduces a sense of excitement, movement and change in the city centre

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1876.

Physical description

3 prints : woodcut, triptych printed in colours

Lettering

...Kiyochika

Notes

Eastern capital, true view of Edobashi

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37353i

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