Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1834
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Hirogshige: plate 1. Morning view (Nihon-bashi, asa-no-kei) subtitle of second state: gyoretsu furude (processional Standard-bearers). This print shows the middle class during the late Edo period. Located on the bridge over the Kamo River, in the early morning, is a seen of daimyo's procession crossing bridge, two porters carrying red boxes followed by two standard-bearers. Just past the bent over figures are rows of samurai marching in unison and then a dark silhouette of the city roofs and shops, and stores. In the forefront are six street hawkers, all carrying loads of heavy merchandise. Caught in the middle is a fishmonger balancing a shallow tray of fish on his head. A man on the left can barely be seen hidden behind the gate. Facing us is a man wearing a brown kimono. Next to him on the left is another man, wearing a checkered kimono and indigo spotted headcloth (okosozukin), caring huge bundles of furoshiki. Amongst the bustling morning is a pair of dogs in the lower right-hand corner.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-134-1
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.8 x 36.1 cm (9 3/8 x 14 3/16 in.)