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Color woodblock print of a zigzagging wooden bridge over marsh, with travelers in robes, a pine tree, and a pink hill.

Ancient View of the Eight-planked Bridge in Mikawa Province (Mikawa no Yatsuhashi no kozu), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

A color woodblock print shows a zigzag wooden footbridge crossing marshland, supported on rows of posts above reeds and low shrubs. Travelers in hats and robes walk along the planks, while a pine tree and a pink-tinted hill rise in the background.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Date
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1149 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1839).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Puente de Ocho Tablas en la provincia de Mikawa, de Hokusai

Una xilografía en color muestra un puente peatonal de madera en zigzag que cruza un pantano, sostenido por hileras de postes sobre juncos y arbustos bajos. Viajeros con sombreros y túnicas caminan por las tablas, mientras un pino y una colina teñida de rosa se alzan al fondo.

Português: Ponte de Oito Tábuas na província de Mikawa, de Hokusai

Uma xilogravura colorida mostra uma ponte de madeira em zigue-zague sobre um pântano, apoiada em fileiras de pilares acima de juncos e arbustos baixos. Viajantes de chapéu e túnica caminham pelas tábuas, enquanto um pinheiro e uma colina de tom rosado aparecem ao fundo.

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