About This Print

A view of Yeitai bashi 永代橋 spanning the Sumida River with Tsukuda Island in the mid-ground and a rickshaw in the foreground. There has been a bridge is this spot since 1698, when it was opened to serve as a link between the central part of Edo (modern Tokyo) to the east and the then newly developing area to the west.  "Mitsumata" references a fork in the Sumida River at its widest point between the main channel and the Hakozaki Canal.

This print is from  a loosely constructed series Famous Views of Tokyo (Tokyo meisho) consisting of 93 prints issued from 1876-1881 by two publishers, Matsuki Heikichi and Fukuda Kumajirô.  For additional information on this series see "Early Woodblock Prints: The Series Famous Views of Tokyo (Tokyo meisho) 1876-1881" on the Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) page.

Eitai (Yeitai) Bridge

West Coast Times (New Zealand) , Issue 1664, 30 January 1871

Eitai Bridge - undated, but pre-1897, photo

 

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#378
Title or Description	Distant view of Eitai Bridge, Mitsumata  Mitsumata Eitaibashi enkei 三ツ又永代橋遠景
Series	Famous Views of Tokyo (Tokyo meisho)
Artist	Kiyochika Kobayashi (1847-1915)
Signature	Kobayashi Kiyochika hitsu 小林清親筆
Seal	none
Publication Date	1880 (Meiji 13)
Publisher	Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊治良 (福田熊次良) top: 出版人 福田熊治良 preceded by address 長谷川丁十九バンチ publisher: Fukuda Kumajirō bottom: 画工 小林清親 preceded by address 米沢丁一丁目二バンチ artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika [Marks: pub. ref. 071; seal not shown]
Edition	likely original edition
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	fair- paper thinning from removal of previous backing; soiling and wrinkling throughout
Genre	ukiyo-e; meisho-e
Miscellaneous
Format	horizontal oban
H x W Paper	8 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (21.6 x 32.7 cm)
H x W Image	8 x 12 1/4 in. (20.3 x 31.1 cm)
Literature
Collections This Print	Art Gallery of New South Wales 263.1992; Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida 2005.30.10; Yokohama Museum of Art 85-PRJ-056; Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art S2003.8.1147

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