Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Views of Famous Places in Edo)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Views of Famous Places in Edo), depicting the pagoda of Zōjōji temple and a view of Akabane, with fire-watching tower in distance: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Museum reference

A.1887.745.42.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Uoei, Publisher

Date

1857

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Zōjō-ji, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Akabane, Kita-ku, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia