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Photo, Print, Drawing The Sanmai-bashi Bridges in Ueno.

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Title

  • The Sanmai-bashi Bridges in Ueno.

Summary

  • This nishiki-e (Japanese multicolored woodblock print of ukiyo-e) depicts beautiful women coming and going in front of the Sanmai-bashi Bridges ("three bridges side by side") in Ueno-hirokōji, Edo (present-day Tokyo). Cherry trees in the woods around Kan'ei-ji Temple can be seen in the distance. Kan'ei-ji Temple was well known as the best cherry blossom-viewing spot in the city of Edo, and even now, many people visit it in the cherry blossom season. In the foreground are the three bridges side by side. The women appear to be taking a stroll, wearing clothes glowing with cherry blossom patterns. In the lower left-hand corner of each print is the name of the artist, "Eishi." Chōbunsai Eishi (Hosoda Eishi, 1756-1829) was born into a family of direct retainers of the shogunate. In his youth he attended Tokugawa Ieharu, the tenth shogun. Eishi learned painting from Kanō Michinobu, a painter to the shogunate, and it is said that his art name "Eishi" was given to him by Ieharu. Eishi started painting ukiyo-e in the late 1780s, when he served as a retainer of the shōgun. In 1789, at the age of 34, he resigned his position and concentrated for the rest of his life on ukiyo-e. He excelled at portraying beautiful women.

Names

  • Hosoda, Eishi, 1756-1829 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Edo : Nishimuraya Yohachi, [1775 to 1799]

Headings

  • -  Japan--Tokyo
  • -  1700 to 1799
  • -  Bridges
  • -  Cherry trees
  • -  Clothing and dress
  • -  Ukiyo-e
  • -  Women
  • -  Woodcuts

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 3 sheets ; 37.2 x 25 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668850

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hosoda, Eishi, Artist. The Sanmai-bashi Bridges in Ueno. Japan Tokyo, 1775. [Edo: Nishimuraya Yohachi, to 1799] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668850/.

APA citation style:

Hosoda, E. (1775) The Sanmai-bashi Bridges in Ueno. Japan Tokyo, 1775. [Edo: Nishimuraya Yohachi, to 1799] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668850/.

MLA citation style:

Hosoda, Eishi, Artist. The Sanmai-bashi Bridges in Ueno. [Edo: Nishimuraya Yohachi, to 1799] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668850/>.