Hiroshige "The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya" -One Hundred Famous Views of Edo- Bridge while visitors stroll among the

while visitors stroll among the plum trees in the garden beyond

freely placing it within the knot formations

Deconstruction led to a design with geometry

The bridge was named Ryōgoku-bashi (“Two Provinces Bridge”) because it spanned the Sumida River

It also describes the wave-shaped temper lines found on traditional Japanese swords

Hiroshige "The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya" -One Hundred Famous Views of Edo- Bridge while visitors stroll among theThis is a scene drawn in the Suijin Woods and Masaki on the Sumida River Banks seen from the opposite direction. It is understood that Hiroshige sketched it from the window of Kinoeneya Restaurant situated in the precinct of the Masaki Inari Shrine. Kinoeneya was one of the restaurants in the compound serving a special dish of Tofu (bean curd), baked and daubed with Miso (bean paste). They catered to visitors to the shrine which was favored by the