---

Edo prints

---

	Design:	Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
	Print title:	Evening glow at Ryōgoku bridge
	Series title:	Eight views of Edo
	Size:	23.5 x 17.9 cm (half ōban)
	Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

---

Enlargement

---

Originally published in 1781, this is a 20^th century edition published by Adachi around the 1950s in Tokyo.

Green publisher seal on verso of the print:

in which the katakana read:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
ア	a
ダ	da
チ	chi		Adachi

Artist’s signature in middle right of print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
清	kiyo	pure
長	naga	head
画	ga	picture	Picture by Kiyonaga

Series and print title (from right to left) in top of print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
江	e	bay
都	to	capital
八	hachi	eight
景	kei	view	Eight views of Edo
両	ryō	both
国	goku	province
橋	hashi	bridge
夕	seki	evening	Evening glow
照	shō	shine	at Ryōgoku bridge

---

References

• The British Museum here.

---

Provenance: Fuji Arts