Sunset Glow at Ryōgoku Bridge

Details

• Title

  Sunset Glow at Ryōgoku Bridge

• Series

  Eight views of the Eastern capital

• Artist/maker

  Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)

• Associated people

  Fujiokaya Hikotarō (c. 1832 - 1851) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1845 - 1846

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.6 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
  sheet 15.7 x 23.2 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Oswald J. Couldrey, 1958.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1958.237

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