Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 54795
Tenma Bridge in Settsu Province
- Artist / 作者
- Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
- Date / 年代
- 1830-1837
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 481 × 312 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
Tenma Bridge used to span the Yodo River in Osaka, which was one of the largest commercial cities in Japan. Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814), founder of the Utagawa School of ukiyo-e, depicted a very similar scene from the summer Tenjin Festival that also focused on the perfectly circular bridge arch, the geometry of which was heightened by the novel Western technique of one-point perspective. Ukiyo-e artists often copied earlier works, and Hokusai likely was inspired by Toyoharu’s print. Since the Tenjin festival (and its boat regatta) was one of the three most important festivals dedicated to this popular deity in Japan, Tenma Bridge was an obvious choice for Hokusai to include in his print s…
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