The Monkey Bridge in Kai Province

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The Monkey Bridge in Kai Province

Item Info

Item No: facjp00031
Title: The Monkey Bridge in Kai Province
Physical Description: Water damage. On acidic mat.
Media Type: Woodcuts
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

"In the early 1830's, Hiroshige's first landscape prints appeared. He subsequently became the leading landscape artist and was especially known for his series on the Tokaido highway that connected Edo (present-day Tokyo) with Kyoto."

from "Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers, and Masterworks 1680-1900 by Andreas Marks, Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, 2010. p. 132

https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2030739


Bibliography:

https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/703108

https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/402458

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55803

https://education.asianart.org/resources/artist-profile-utagawa-ando-hiroshige/



Creation Year: ca. 1841
Image Dimensions Width: 70 cm
Creator Name: Hiroshige, Utagawa, 1797-1858 - Artist