One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Designer (b. 1797, Edo, Japan – d. 1858, Edo, Japan)
Publisher (active ca. 1882-1920s)
GeographyJapan, Asia
MediumAlbum of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensionsoverall: 14 9/16 in. x 9 9/16 in. (37 cm x 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marguerite L. Bourdon in memory of Helen Goodwin (Class of 1911)
Object number1981.13.1-.120
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), no. 90 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa HiroshigeUoei (Uoya Eikichi)
Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), no. 90 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1856
Senju Great Bridge (Senju no Ohashi), no. 103 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa HiroshigeUoei (Uoya Eikichi)
Senju Great Bridge (Senju no Ohashi), no. 103 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1856
Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima Tenjin sakaue tenbô), no. 117 from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima Tenjin sakaue tenbô), no. 117 from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
19th century
Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki (Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo), no. 107 from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige
Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki (Fukagawa Susaki Jumantsubo), no. 107 from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1856
Ehon Waka Murasaki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo Compared with One Hundred Beautiful Women" (Edo meisho hyakunin bijo)
Utagawa Kunisada
Ehon Waka Murasaki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo Compared with One Hundred Beautiful Women" (Edo meisho hyakunin bijo)
Shimmei Shrine in Shiba (Shiba Shimmei), from the series "Famous Views of Edo (Edo Meisho)"
HiroshigeYamaguchiya Tobei (Kinkodo)
Shimmei Shrine in Shiba (Shiba Shimmei), from the series "Famous Views of Edo (Edo Meisho)"
1858
Ryogoku ohanabi (Great Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge), from the series "Edo jiman sanjurokkyo" (Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo)
HiroshigeUtagawa Kunisada
Ryogoku ohanabi (Great Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge), from the series "Edo jiman sanjurokkyo" (Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo)
1864
Year-End Fair at Asakusa Kinryusan Temple (Asakusa Kinryusan toshi no ichi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"
Utagawa HiroshigeSanoya Kihei (Sanoki)
Year-End Fair at Asakusa Kinryusan Temple (Asakusa Kinryusan toshi no ichi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"
ca. 1840
Ohashi Bridge, from "100 Views of Yedo?"
Utagawa Hiroshige
Ohashi Bridge, from "100 Views of Yedo?"
19th century
Night Rain, from "8 Views of Kanasawa"
Utagawa Hiroshige
Night Rain, from "8 Views of Kanasawa"
19th century
Catching Sweetfish in the Tamagawa River under the Autumn Moon (Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places)
Utagawa Hiroshige
Catching Sweetfish in the Tamagawa River under the Autumn Moon (Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places)
Lake View at Hakone, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō"
Utagawa Hiroshige
Lake View at Hakone, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō"
early 20th century