1874, Utagawa Hiroshige, The Double Bridge (Spectacle Bridge) from Surugadai, 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, The Double Bridge (Spectacle Bridge) from Surugadai, 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.