About This Print

A view of Kototoibashi (言問橋) from Sumida Koen (Sumida Park).  The Kototoi Bridge spans the Sumida River in the Mukojima district of Tokyo.  Built in 1928, it is approximately 160 meters long and 20 meters high.  Extensive reconstruction was done after WWII when the bridge was heavily damaged.  A monument stands at the head of the bridge to all the fallen civilians that died in the Tokyo Air raid and resulting firestorm in 1945.  Many civilians perished on this bridge.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#377
Title	Kototoi Bridge on the Sumida River  隅田川 言問橋
Series
Artist	Kasamatsu Shirō (1898–1991)
Signature	Shirō
Seal	red Shi hexagonal seal
Date	1959 Shōwa 34 ( 昭和 卅四 bottom of left margin)
Edition	likely first edition  (For more information on dating Unsōdō prints see the article Unsōdō Publishing.)
Publisher	Unsōdō ("Unsōdō han" seal center left margin top-most seal)
Printer	Shinmi Saburo ("suri Shinmi" seal center left margin 2nd seal down)
Carver	Okura Hanbei ("hori Okura" center left margin 3rd seal down)
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	poor - toning and foxing throughout; pencil writing outer edge of top margin
Miscellaneous	"Gei" watermark lower left corner, barely visible. (The "Gei" kanji is the first character of the name Unsōdō.)
Genre	shin hanga (new prints)
Format	ōban tate-e
H x W Paper	16 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (41 x 27.3 cm)
H x W Image	14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.5 x 24.4 cm)
Collections This Print
Reference Literature	Catalogue Raisonné: U-92 as listed in Shiro Kasamatsu - The Complete Woodblock Prints, Dr. Andreas Gund, self-published by the author, 2001