1874, Utagawa Hiroshige, Yanagi Bridge from Asakusa Bridge, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Modern Tokyo -- Legion of Honor (San Francisco)
From the museum label to the series:
Just as the early influx of Western visitors in Yokohama consumed artists' visual imaginations, so too did the rapid transformation of Tokyo's cityscape. In his Thirty-Six Views of Modern Tokyo, Utagawa Hiroshige Ill, a talented pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), provides glimpses of the city during this period of change.
This selection of prints from the series describes horse-drawn carriages, a steam-powered paddleboat off the shore of Shinagawa, and the railway station at Shimbashi, a new addition to the revolutionary train line connecting Yokohama and Tokyo. Elsewhere, women wearing kimonos gather at Tokyo's Suitengu, a Shinto shrine dedicated to conception and safe childbirth, reminding viewers that aspects of traditional Japanese culture endured.
1874, Utagawa Hiroshige, Yanagi Bridge from Asakusa Bridge, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Modern Tokyo -- Legion of Honor (San Francisco)
From the museum label to the series:
Just as the early influx of Western visitors in Yokohama consumed artists' visual imaginations, so too did the rapid transformation of Tokyo's cityscape. In his Thirty-Six Views of Modern Tokyo, Utagawa Hiroshige Ill, a talented pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), provides glimpses of the city during this period of change.
This selection of prints from the series describes horse-drawn carriages, a steam-powered paddleboat off the shore of Shinagawa, and the railway station at Shimbashi, a new addition to the revolutionary train line connecting Yokohama and Tokyo. Elsewhere, women wearing kimonos gather at Tokyo's Suitengu, a Shinto shrine dedicated to conception and safe childbirth, reminding viewers that aspects of traditional Japanese culture endured.