About This Print
Sadahide produced many triptychs depicting daimyo processions, including this collection's print above and the two prints below. The depiction of the cranes in this collection's print and the print on the right below may be reference to the procession of Lord Minamoto Yoritomo, the 12th-century military leader, who is said to have courted Buddhist favor by releasing wild cranes. The overall scene in this collection's print is similar to the the below print (left) with its image of Mt. Fuji in the background and whitewashed warehouses lining the banks of the Sumida.
 Toto meisho Nihonbashi gyoretsu zu (View of a daimyo procession at Nihonbashi, famous views of Edo), 1863 (Catalog 2004.10, No. 58, Harashobo Gallery, Tokyo) |  Utagawa Sadahide Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo's procession to Kyoto at the founding of the Kamakura Shogunate |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #320 | |||
| Title or Description | View of Nihonbashi Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tōto Nihonbashi no shōkei 東都日本橋之勝景) | |||
| Artist | Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) | |||
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| Publication Date | 1863 3rd month (aratame seal each sheet as shown above) | |||
| Publisher |  園原屋正助版 | |||
| Impression | excellent | |||
| Colors | excellent | |||
| Condition | fair - wrinkling throughout; backed; paper thinning; several holes, edge damage, soiling | |||
| Genre | ukiyo-e - Edo era | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Format | vertical oban triptych | |||
| H x W Paper | 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (36.8 x 24.8 cm) each sheet | |||
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| Collections This Print | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2009.5011.3a-c Mounted in an album of 55 prints with the hand-written title "The Road to the Capital, Spring 1863" (Bunkyû san haru no miyako michi); Chou Museum 1986-0415-0048 |
center panel
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