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Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi), no. 51 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Eleventh month of 1857 (series published 1856-1858)
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Hiroshige's innovative framing here uses parts of a Japanese bucket and the handrails of Mannen Bridge. Mannen Bridge marks the entrance to the Onagi Canal, where turtles are bred and sold. Though dangling precariously from a rope, the turtle in this print is likely in little danger. It was an Edo tradition to purchase turtles either as pets or to release into the wild, which increased one's positive karma. Since the turtle is a symbol of longevity in Japan, and mannen means 10,000 years, Hiroshige may also have intended the composition as a play on words.
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige
- Publisher
- Uoya Eikichi
- Title
- Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi), no. 51 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
- Date
- Eleventh month of 1857 (series published 1856-1858)
- Object Type
- Medium
- Color woodcut
- Dimensions
- Image: 340 x 227 mm (13 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 360 x 242 mm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury
- Accession Number
- 54755.750