Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
Matchiyama (Machi-yama, town hill) — depicted in the 1893 "Famous Places in Tokyo" series — is a topographic landmark in one of Tokyo's neighborhoods, rendered with the meisho-e tradition's characteristic attention to the specific identifying features of famous urban places. Shuntei's documentation of Tokyo's hills and elevated viewpoints participates in the genre's long history of celebrating the visual character of the capital's diverse neighborhoods and the specific views they offered.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Matchiyama / Tokyo meisho zue (Famous Places in Tokyo) was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1893 (1 September;printing; 5 September;published).
Matchiyama / Tokyo meisho zue (Famous Places in Tokyo) depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and travel scenes, set at Tokyo.
