Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran), 「諸國名橋寄覧 東海道岡崎 矢はぎのはし」, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1834, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm); W. 15 1/16 in. (38.3 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), A bridge built in a single immense arch balanced on wood piers spans the length of the composition. To be able to withstand floods, it passes high above a dark gray river bed veined blue with thin rivulets of water
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Yahagi Bridge, Okazaki, Tōkaidō, Tōkaidō Okazaki Yahagi no hashi, series, Remarkable Views, Bridges, Various Provinces, Shokoku meikyō kiran, 「諸國名橋寄覧 東海道岡崎 矢はぎのはし」, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1834, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 10 3/16, 25.9 cm, W, 15 1/16, 38.3, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, bridge, built, single immense, arch, balanced, wood piers, spans, length, composition, able, withstand floods, passes high, dark gray, river, bed, veined, blue, thin rivulets, water
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