Iseya Kanekichi (伊勢屋兼吉)
Iseya Kanekichi (伊勢屋兼吉; c. 1837 - 1875), seal name Isekane (伊勢兼), was a Japanese publisher of ukiyo-e during the late Edo and early Meiji periods based in Edo / Tokyo. He worked with several of the leading artists of the Utagawa school, including Hiroshige, Yoshitoshi, and Sadahide, and had an especially close relationship with Kunisada. Subjects of his publications included theater actors, folk tales, views of famous places in Edo, and sugoroku.
AKA: 伊勢屋兼吉
Renovating Nihonbashi.
東京第一名所 日本橋御摸檨替繁榮之圖 / [Famous Places of Tokyo No. 1 View of the Prospering Nihonbashi Replacement Bridge].
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An engaging 1873 Ukiyo-e triptych produced by Kuniteru II depicting the new Nihonbashi Bridge in Central Tokyo. The most culturally significant bridge in Japan, the historical terminus of the Tōkaidō highway, the Edo-era arched bridge had been replaced by a Western-style flat bridge the year before this print's publication, both a practically and symbolically important change. (more details)