Lumberyards at Fukagawa (Fukagawa kiba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Fukagawa Kiba (Fukagawa lumberyards) was Edo's principal timber storage district, occupying a network of canals in the eastern city where logs were floated in from the Tone River system and stacked in vast yards. Hiroshige included this site in the Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), published by Uoya Eikichi, using the tall oban vertical format characteristic of the series. The composition likely uses the canal surface as the dominant pictorial element, with logs floating in geometric arrangements and the timber yard infrastructure extending along the near bank. Hiroshige's treatment of water in this series — flat, deep-blue areas punctuated by floating log reflections — establishes the canal as a strong horizontal base against the vertical stacking of timber on shore. In the distance, the skyline of the Fukagawa district and the low hills beyond provide a sense of the city's depth. The print belongs to the series' documentation of Edo's commercial geography, recording working districts alongside the celebrated scenic and leisure spots that constituted the city's cultural landscape, acknowledging that the city's identity was inseparable from its trades and waterborne economy.