About This Print
All is quiet in a usually bustling part of Tokyo as an evening snow falls. This print was included in two portfolios, Four Seasons of Tokyo and Eight Views of Tokyo by the publisher Uchida who often repackaged prints in various combinations.For another artist's take on this scene see Nihon Bridge in Snow by the artist Bannai Kōkan (1900-1963).
last revision:
The Series Four Seasons of Tokyo
(1) Spring....Cherry Blossoms of Temple Asakusa
(2) Summer....A Rainy Scene of Niju-bashi Bridge
(3) Fall....The Moon Viewed at Shinobazu Pond
(4) Winter....A Snowy Scene of Nihon-bashi Bridge.
Originated by Tomikichiro Tokuriki. Engraved & Printed by Uchida Woodblock Printing
(2) Summer....A Rainy Scene of Niju-bashi Bridge
(3) Fall....The Moon Viewed at Shinobazu Pond
(4) Winter....A Snowy Scene of Nihon-bashi Bridge.
Originated by Tomikichiro Tokuriki. Engraved & Printed by Uchida Woodblock Printing
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1094 |
| Title | Nihonbashi 日本橋 (as printed on the print) Note: The insert in the portfolio Four Seasons of Tokyo lists this print's full title as "Winter ---- A Snowy Scene of Nihon-bashi Bridge (4) 日本橋の雪景" The insert in the portfolio Eight Views of Tokyo lists this print's full title as 日本橋 [Nihonbashi] as shown |
| Series | Four Seasons of Tokyo (Shiki Tokyo Fūkei 四季東京風景) and Eight Views of Tokyo (Tokyo hakkei 東京八景) |
| Artist | Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) |
| Signature | 富吉郎 Tomikichirō |
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| Date | c. 1942 |
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good- folds in paper lower left margin into image |
| Genre | shin hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | chūban |
| H x W Paper | 8 1/4 x 11 1/16 in. (21 x 28.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 7 9/16 x 10 1/8 in. (19.2 x 25.7 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Carnegie Museum of Art 89.28.1357.7 |
| Reference Literature | Modern Japanese Prints: The Twentieth Century, Amanda T. Zehnder, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2009, p. 176. |
8/28/2021
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