View of Tokyo's Shin-Ohashi Bridge in Rain
This print is from the masterpiece series by Kiyochika entitled "Celebrated Places of Tokyo." It became famous for the style of drawing light and shadow called "kosen-ga" that was influenced by Western painting. Expressions not found in previous ukiyo-e can be seen, such as the light and dark of the sky with rain clouds, the reflection in the water, and depictions of rain without drawing rain lines, suggesting the major changes in the times shifting from the Edo era to the Meiji era. The small back view of a woman drawn at the edge is impressive and gives a sense of the story.
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| Size/Weight | Print Size: 21.2 × 33.3 cm |
| Material | Paper: Echizen Kizuki Hosho Washi made by Living National Treasure, Ichibei Iwano |
| Feature | Type of print: Woodcut Print |
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◆Mini Column (1): Shin-Ohashi bridge in rain by "Hiroshige of the Meiji era"
The Shin-Ohashi bridge is also depicted in "Bridge Ohashi and Atake in Sudden Shower" in Hiroshige's masterpiece series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo." Kiyochika is said to have been strongly influenced by Hiroshige in terms of the themes and lyricism of his works, and is often referred to as "Hiroshige of the Meiji era."
"Bridge Ohashi and Atake in Sudden Shower" by Utagawa Hiroshige
In the Meiji era, many bridges were replaced with Western-style bridges, but this Shin-Ohashi bridge that Kiyochika drew in 1876 was a Japanese-style wooden bridge that had not yet been replaced.
Although the composition is different from "Bridge Ohashi and Atake in Sudden Shower" that Hiroshige created in 1856, it depicts the same bridge. Although the methods of expressions differ, Kiyochika must have been conscious of the theme of "rain" when drawing the Shin-Ohashi bridge.
◆Mini Column (2): Changes in light and shadow captured by "kosen-ga"
Kiyochika gave birth to "kosen-ga" in his series "Celebrated Places of Tokyo," which includes five prints including this one. "Kosen-ga" is a technique that skillfully expresses weather, time, and the changing seasons by capturing subtle changes in light and shadow. In this print, the uniqueness of this technique is clearly expressed in the detailed expression of rain.
Realistic depiction of wet roads and shimmering river surfaces, the flowing light and shadow of clouds and the back view of a woman holding an umbrella.
Even though the rain lines are not clearly drawn, they are all suggestive of rain that continues to fall quietly. With the harmony between the scenery that retains the atmosphere of the Edo period and the new methods of expression in ukiyo-e prints that Kiyochika pursued, this work can be called a masterpiece of Kiyochika's early years, and conveys a feeling of welcoming a new era but also feeling nostalgic for disappearing landscapes.
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