Print & drawing
Nihonbashi from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige
1855
From the archive
The bird's eye view overlooking rooftops in a district in Edo during the night. Mt. Fuji accompanies the light and dark silhouettes of the bridge and city. Purple clouds frame the top and bottom of the print
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Material & technique
- Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
The record behind the work
Place & date
CHNDM catalog field “made in”: “Japan”. Only a country-level origin is supplied.
Source & reuse
Smithsonian ↗
Source ID: chndm_1941-31-199
CC0 — image and metadata released through Smithsonian Open Access, from the United States.
