Surugacho, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
- Series:
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (print 8 of 118)
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
This [oban](/glossary/oban)-format [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e) from the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (c. 1856) depicts Surugacho, a prosperous commercial street in central Edo lined with branch establishments of the Echigoya dry-goods merchant house, predecessor to the Mitsui enterprises. The composition employs pronounced linear perspective: the facades of the Echigoya shops, hung with bolts of folded fabric and decorated noren curtains, converge toward a vanishing point at the far end of the street. At this convergence, the snow-capped cone of Mount Fuji rises precisely centered against the sky—a visual alignment that plays on the street's name, suggesting a view toward Suruga Province. The street is animated with figures—shoppers, porters, and delivery workers—rendered as small silhouettes against the vivid patterns of the merchants' goods. The rigorously controlled one-point perspective construction is among the most deliberate compositional choices in the Meisho Edo hyakkei series, framing Fuji as both a geographic reality and a compositional destination.
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Surugacho, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
Yes — Surugacho, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" is part of the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series (print 8 of 118) by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Surugacho, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" depicts edo & tokyo and famous places (meisho-e).
Surugacho, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" measures 36.3 × 23.9 cm.
