Musumegyōretsu tōto Ryōgokubashi no zu (Procession of Young Women on the Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital), Keisai Eisen

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Keisai Eisen, Musumegyōretsu tōto Ryōgokubashi no zu (Procession of Young Women on the Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital)
Keisai Eisen, Musumegyōretsu tōto Ryōgokubashi no zu (Procession of Young Women on the Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital)
Keisai Eisen
Musumegyōretsu tōto Ryōgokubashi no zu (Procession of Young Women on the Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital)
circa 1820s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Keisai Eisen
1790–1848
Musumegyōretsu tōto Ryōgokubashi no zu (Procession of Young Women on the Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital), circa 1820s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 383 x 262 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15 1/16 x 10 5/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 383 x 262 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 15 1/16 x 10 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 36 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.7847.a,b,c
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Exhibition Label: Installation related to "Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940," Feb-2005, Hillary Pedersen Ryōgoku bridge was one of the oldest of four bridges to cross the Sumida River, and was built in the early days of the Tokugawa admininstration to allow for the eastward expansion of the city. The young women shown here cross the bridge which spans the entire length of the three separate prints. The main figure of the procession is seen squeezed into a palanquin in the center of the middle print. The river below is filled with boats, including in which the passenger tries to look up at the procession above her. Eisen uses heavy lines to depict his figures, which would seem to be replications of each other were it not for their different poses and kimono patterns.