Distant View of Ryōgoku Bridge Seen from Motoyanagibashi

Kiyochika often included views of bridges in his landscapes of Tokyo as metaphors for Japan's radical transformation. When Kiyochika depicted this view of Ryøgoku Bridge as a silhouette in the distance, it was one of a few wooden bridges that remained in Tokyo. After it was lost in the flood in 1897, Ryøgoku Bridge was reconstructed in iron.