Frame size: 41.3 x 54.0 cm,
Image size: 23.0 x 35.6 cm
Sanjō BridgeHigashiyama ward, Kyoto, 2020Archival pigment print on photo ragFamiliarity with the ukiyo-e prints prompted Russel Wong to make a conscious effort to shoot places featured in Japanese prints or places identified with seasonal themes – but he focused specifically in Kyoto (most of the famous prints were of Edo).Wong fondly recalls Hiroshige’s series of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō. He remembers that it started with the Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo and despite some variations in the selection of post stations in later editions, Hiroshige would always end with the Sanjō Bridge in Kyoto. While documenting the geiko and maiko in Kyoto, Wong was able to find the spot where he imagined Hiroshige would have visualised his image of the Sanjō Bridge depicted in his print.
