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Nihonbashi from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
1855
- Medium
- Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification
- Prints
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
The bird's eye view overlooking rooftops in a district in Edo during the night. Mt. Fuji accompanies the light and dark silhouettes of the bridge and city. Purple clouds frame the top and bottom of the print
