Sanjo Bridge

Arts of Asia

c.1910–1930

Tanaka Honen
Japanese, born 1887

Tanaka Honen painted this scene from the classical age of the Japanese court (around the 12th century) in the early 20th century. Courtiers, their servants, and carts are returning home from picnicking amid the cherry blossoms by crossing the famous Sanjō Bridge in Kyoto, depicted here from a severe perspective. The blue Kamo River flows diagonally through the composition, bordered by a spit of land rendered with gold leaf.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Tanaka Honen
Title: Sanjo Bridge
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1910–1930
Medium: One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink and colors on gilded paper
Dimensions: 166.5 × 369 cm (65 9/16 × 145 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 2000.476.2

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