兩國橋
Ryogoku Bridge
The green beams on the underside of a bridge cut sharply into the picture from the upper left. Beyond them spreads a river dotted with boats.
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From the upper left, the green beams and posts on the underside of a big bridge slant in, as if you were looking up from beneath it. From the middle to the right is a wide river. Houses line the far bank, and many small boats float on the water. In the lower right foreground is one more boat. The sky is a pale peach color.
Ryogoku Bridge, named on the label, spans the Sumida River, and in the Genroku era of the Edo period it was called the "Ohashi" (Great Bridge). In that same Genroku era, Shin-Ohashi was built as the third bridge over the Sumida River, following Ryogoku Bridge. It got its name, "New Great Bridge," because it came after the "Ohashi."
Turn to the boat at the lower right, where two figures in green robes stand side by side. One is tall, and the other is a size smaller.
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- Source title
- 『東京名所帖』（1800年代）
- Held by
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
- Original item
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- Made
- 120+ years ago (1800s)
- Added to site
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