Kiyochika: Tattooed Fishmonger on Nihonbashi Bridge (Sold)

Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Title: Tattooed Fishmonger on Nihonbashi Bridge
Series: One Hundred Views of Musashi Province (Musashi hyakkei no uchi)
Date: 1884/11

“View of Nihonbashi Bridge from Edo Bridge”. A gentle and humorous allusion to Hiroshige’s version of the same view in his famous series “100 Famous Views of Edo”. Instead of just the bonito and the bridge railing, here we see the tattooed fishmonger carrying a basket of bonito along the semi-modernized riverbank. This view is somehow very modern in feeling, also alluding to the coming 20th century.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô
Literature: Pictured in “Kiyochika: Artist of Meiji Japan” by Henry D. Smith II, page 68.
Signature: Shinseirô Kiyochika

SKU: KYC121