Kintai Bridge in Suo Province (Suo Kintaikyo), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Suo Kintaikyo
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1924
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 38.8 × 26.4 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
The elegant Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni is depicted in this third Souvenirs of Travel entry. Lifetime editions sell for $500-$1,800. The Kintai Bridge, with its distinctive five-arched wooden span, is one of Japan's most recognizable bridges and a subject that Hasui returned to multiple times across different series and seasons.
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