Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)
Tenpōzan at the Mouth of the Aji River in Settsu Province
Sesshū Ajikawaguchi Tenpōzan
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830 (date of the series; the Met record gives only the artist’s dates)
What it is
A small island with cherry trees and visitors sits at the mouth of the Aji River in Settsu, with boats moored alongside and a bridge crossing to it.
Why it matters
Hokusai shows Tenpōzan as a place for an outing, small and green at the edge of the river mouth.
What to notice
The island is round and tidy, almost toy-like, and the boats line up around its edge.
A small hill by the water is enough for a holiday.
The record
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760–1849)
- Series
- Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)
- Date
- c. 1830 (date of the series; the Met record gives only the artist’s dates)
- Medium
- woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · JP2950
Impression note. A horizontal ōban, about 26 by 38 cm on the Met record. The bridges are drawn in fine, exact lines against broad fields of colour, and a clean impression keeps every plank and rail distinct. This is the largest clean open impression of the design the Met holds. Impression variance is real — printings differ in wiping and fading — and choosing the finest openly held impression is the curatorial act.
Public domain; faithfully reproduced.
Bring it home
Printed to order on EMA matte art paper, 200gsm.
From the same series
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Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)Fukui Bridge in Echizen ProvinceKatsushika Hokusai · c. 1830
Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)Kintai Bridge in Suō ProvinceKatsushika Hokusai · 1827–30
Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke ProvinceKatsushika Hokusai · c. 1830The road at your moment — Painted Earth’s ukiyo-e style pack.