| Maker(s): | Katsushika Hokusai
| | Culture: | Japanese (1760-1849)
| | Title: | Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi [The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga], from the series Shokoku Meikyo Iiran [Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces]
| | Date Made: | 1827-1830
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet/Image: 10 3/8 in x 15 1/16 in; 26.4 cm x 38.3 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Shokoku meikyo kiran]; TITLE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi]; SIGNATURE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Zen Hokusai i-itsu hitsu]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, Kiwame]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, Eijudo]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1949.44.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A horizontal landscape with green-yellow cliffs, along which sevearl houses were built and a flat bridge connects the huge mount on the right with the single cliff at the center; clouds surround the mountains.
Note on back reads: "Famous Bridges of Japan Series." mountain passage, smoke.
Different title: The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyodozan Kumo no kakehashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran).
Tags:
prints; Ukiyo-e; landscapes; mountains; bridges; smoke Link to share this object record:
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