Fumio Kitaoka’s 1979 Woodblock print “錦帯橋 (Kintai Bridge)” bathes Iwakuni’s iconic five-arch timber-and-stone span in warm light, with the graceful curves of the bridge’s wooden arches mirrored by the rolling hills below and Iwakuni Castle perched atop Mt. Shiroyama. A masterful composition of architecture and landscape. 🌉🏯🌅
- Year & Edition: 1979 · Ed. of 120 (88/120) (signed, titled & dated in pencil).
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Sheet W: 64.00 cm × H: 48.00 cm; Image W: 55.00 cm × H: 39.50 cm.
- Condition: Excellent; clean, crisp image with no marks; well cared for.
- Notes: Depicts 錦帯橋 (Kintai Bridge), a five-span wooden arch bridge on stone piers first built in 1674 over the 錦川 (Nishiki River) in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Iwakuni Castle atop Mt. Shiroyama (白山) anchors the composition; the mountain later witnessed the Satsuma Rebellion’s Battle of Shiroyama in 1877 - an event that inspired the climactic sequence of Edward Zwick’s 2003 film The Last Samurai.
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