Evening Glow at Koganei Bridge — Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Evening Glow at Koganei Bridge presents one of Utagawa Hiroshige’s beautifully balanced visions of the countryside surrounding Edo. A wooden bridge curves across a quiet canal beneath flowering cherry trees, while travelers move along the road and gather near small buildings. In the distance, Mount Fuji rises gently beyond fields and trees beneath a graduated blue sky.

Designed in 1838 for the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo, the composition combines soft pink blossoms, deep greens, blue water, elegant calligraphy, and carefully layered perspective. Monumental foreground trees frame tiny figures and distant scenery, transforming an everyday spring landscape into a poetic study of travel, season, and place.

Artwork Details

• Artist: Andō Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
• Title: Evening Glow at Koganei Bridge
• Original title: Koganeibashi no sekishō
• Series: Edo kinkō hakkei no uchi (Eight Views in the Environs of Edo)
• Date: 1838, printed later
• Period: Edo period design; later Showa-era Adachi reprint
• Place of Origin: Japan
• Medium: Color woodcut; horizontal ōban nishiki-e

Framed Print Details

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• Paper weight: 200 gsm (80 lb).
• Paper thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
• Frame material: Durable pine wood.
• Frame dimensions: Approximately 20 mm (0.79 in) deep and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide.
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