The 43rd view in Utagawa Hiroshige’s “100 Famous Views of Edo” is Nihon-bashi & Edo-hashi, the original picture is here.
I thought it was tricky whether “hashi(bridge)” are written in kanji or hiragana, as they are not consistent among the 100 views and differ from title to title, but here they are used together in a single title this time. I would like to know if there is any regularity in this.
So far, I have been focusing on the “spring section” of the 100 Views, but now that the rainy season has started and the summer solstice has passed, I will start focusing on the “summer section”. At the beginning of the section, we are back in Nihonbashi, the same place as the first view. Also, as for equipment, I went out with the LUMIX S5 + LUMIX S20-60mm combination for the first time for the 100 Views walk, following the trend from the previous article. Hopefully it worked out well.
Well, there was no other way to do this, so I took this shot of the direction of the Edo-hashi Bridge over the edge of the parapet of the Nihon-bashi Bridge.
The top of the light on the parapet is not visible in the “original” work, but I respect the fact that the head of the pseudo-pearl is not visible. It is regrettable that the Edo Bridge in the back is half hidden by the shadow of the piers of the Metropolitan Expressway, but this cannot be helped.
Although the appearance has changed from the wooden bridge in the Edo period, the modern Nihonbashi is still an important transportation hub, and the imposing stone bridge is a magnificent structure. Unfortunately, the bridge is covered by the elevated Metropolitan Expressway, so it still lacks a sense of dignity and openness.
I snapped this photo of a Japanese restaurant across the street from the Nihonbashi branch of the Mitsukoshi department store, which has a Toyama Prefecture products store attached to it. If it had been in the evening, I might have gone in and had a drink.
So far, I have had no difficulty shooting with the S5 and the Lumix S20-60. I’m going to take a few more shots around the neighborhood and see how they turn out.
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