Edo prints
| Design: | Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | |||||
| Title: | Suspension Bridge between Hida and Etchū Provinces | |||||
| Series title: | Famous bridges in Japan | |||||
| Size: | 25.1 x 36.8 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published around 1834 by Nishimuraya Yohachi. This is a later edition from newly cut blocks published in the 1950s by the Adachi Institute of woodblock prints.
Artist’s signature in top right print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 前 | zen | before | |
| 北 | hoku | north | |
| 斎 | sai | room | Drawn by |
| 為 | i | change | Iitsu, |
| 一 | itsu | one | formerly known |
| 筆 | hitsu | writing brush | as Hokusai |
Red round censorship seal reading kiwame (‘approved’) and square Eijūdō seal of the original publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi in lower right of the print.
Series and print title in rectangular white cartouche in top right of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 諸 | sho | all | |
| 国 | koku | provinces | |
| 名 | mei | reputation | |
| 橋 | kyō | bridge | Strange views |
| 奇 | ki | strange | of the famous bridges |
| 覧 | ran | see | in all provinces |
| 飛 | hi | fly | |
| 越 | etsu | cross over | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 堺 | sakai | border | |
| つ | tsu | ||
| り | ri | suspension | The suspension bridge |
| は | ha | on the border of | |
| し | shi | bridge | Hida and Etchū provinces |
References
- Forrer, Matthi (1991). Hokusai. Prints and Drawings. Munich: Prestel Verlag and Royal Academy of Arts, London.
- Forrer, Matthi (2010). Hokusai. Munich: Prestel Verlag.
Provenance: Fuji Arts