Suo Province: the Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853
Mediumink and color on paper
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1445
DescriptionPrint no. 50 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label TextThe castle town of Iwakuni is located on the banks of the Nishiki River. Since it was built in 1673, the five-arched Kintai Bridge has been the town’s most distinguished landmark. Destroyed by a typhoon in 1950, the famous wooden bridge was so important to Iwakuni that it was meticulously reconstructed in 1953.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
