From Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856–58), a 118-print series of vertical oban landscapes and genre scenes that defined the visual image of Edo for generations. A complete set sold for $405,400 at Sotheby's Online Jul 2024.
Akabane, at the northern boundary of the old Edo municipality where the Kanda River met the Sumida, was a district of boatyards, ferries, and the residences of commoners working the river trade. This numbered Edo view captures the waterfront character of this outlying district, where the city's northern edge dissolved into the flat alluvial landscape of the Kanto plain.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
#39. Akabane was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
#39. Akabane depicts urban scenes, boats & ships, and rivers & lakes.
