Hiroshige "The Suijin Temple Grove, Uchikawa, and the Village of Sekiya" -One Hundred Famous Views of Edo- Bridge freely placing it within the

freely placing it within the knot formations

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

this sofa is enveloped in one continuous piece of fabric — a seamless form where softness and structure coexist

depicts the ethereal world that separates life and death

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 freely placing it within 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