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Edo & Tokyo Prints (178)

Prints depicting the city of Edo (the shogunal capital, renamed Tokyo in 1868) — its famous places, daily life, and landmarks across the Edo period and into the modern era.

Artists Known for Edo & Tokyo

View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Yanagishima, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Yanagishima, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Kasumigaseki, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kasumigaseki, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”

Color woodblock print

New Fuji, Meguro (Meguro, Shin Fuji), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

New Fuji, Meguro (Meguro, Shin Fuji), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Color woodblock print

Ryogoku Ekoin and Moto-Yanagi Bridge (Ryogoku Ekoin Moto-Yanagibashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Ryogoku Ekoin and Moto-Yanagi Bridge (Ryogoku Ekoin Moto-Yanagibashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Suwa Bluff at Nippori (Nippori Suwanodai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Suwa Bluff at Nippori (Nippori Suwanodai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo Shinobazu no ike), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo Shinobazu no ike), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1856

Color woodblock print; oban

Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment (Tamagawa-zutsumi no hana), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment (Tamagawa-zutsumi no hana), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1856

Color woodblock print; oban

Naitō Shinjuku, Yotsuya (Yotsuya Naitō Shinjuku), Number 86 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Naitō Shinjuku, Yotsuya (Yotsuya Naitō Shinjuku), Number 86 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (11th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Basho's Hut on Camellia Hill Beside the Aquaduct at Sekiguchi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Basho's Hut on Camellia Hill Beside the Aquaduct at Sekiguchi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1857

Color woodblock print; oban

Mokuboji Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, Gozensaihata (Mokuboji Uchigawa Gozensaihata), Number 92 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Mokuboji Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, Gozensaihata (Mokuboji Uchigawa Gozensaihata), Number 92 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (12th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei), Number 85 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei), Number 85 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1856 (9th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, Fukagawa (Fukagawa Sanjūsangendō), Number 69 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, Fukagawa (Fukagawa Sanjūsangendō), Number 69 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (8th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge and Gravel Pit at Takata (Takata Sugataminohashi Omokagenohashi jariba), Number 116 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge and Gravel Pit at Takata (Takata Sugataminohashi Omokagenohashi jariba), Number 116 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (1st month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige

Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”

Color woodblock print

The Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

The River of Waterfalls at Oji (Oji Takinogawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The River of Waterfalls at Oji (Oji Takinogawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi (Ayasegawa Kanegafuchi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi (Ayasegawa Kanegafuchi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Furukawa River, Hiroo (Hiroo Furukawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Furukawa River, Hiroo (Hiroo Furukawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Distant View of Azuma Bridge and Kinryuzan Temple (Azumabashi Kinryuzan enbo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Distant View of Azuma Bridge and Kinryuzan Temple (Azumabashi Kinryuzan enbo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Oumayagashi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Oumayagashi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Shinagawa Susaki (Shinagawa Susaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Shinagawa Susaki (Shinagawa Susaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Drum Bridge and Yuhi Hill at Meguro (Meguro Taikobashi Yuhi-no-oka), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Drum Bridge and Yuhi Hill at Meguro (Meguro Taikobashi Yuhi-no-oka), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

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

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

Color woodblock print

The Hatsune Riding Grounds at Bakuro-cho (Bakuro-cho Hatsune no Baba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Hatsune Riding Grounds at Bakuro-cho (Bakuro-cho Hatsune no Baba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Horie and Nekozane, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige

Horie and Nekozane, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”

Color woodblock print

The Pagoda at Zojo Temple and Akabane (Zojoji to, Akabane), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Pagoda at Zojo Temple and Akabane (Zojoji to, Akabane), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Nihon Bridge and Edo Bridge (Nihonbashi, Edobashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Nihon Bridge and Edo Bridge (Nihonbashi, Edobashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Suido Bridge and Surugadai (Suidobashi Surugadai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Suido Bridge and Surugadai (Suidobashi Surugadai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

The Hall of Thirty-Three Bays at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Sanjusangendo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Hall of Thirty-Three Bays at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Sanjusangendo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Yabu Street at the foot of Atago Hill (Atagoshita yabukoji), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Yabu Street at the foot of Atago Hill (Atagoshita yabukoji), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

Sazai Hall of the Five Hundred Rakan Temple (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaido), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sazai Hall of the Five Hundred Rakan Temple (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaido), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”

1857

Color woodblock print; oban

Spiral Hall, Five Hundred Rakan Temple (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaidō), Number 66 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Spiral Hall, Five Hundred Rakan Temple (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaidō), Number 66 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (8th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

View of Nihonbashi Tori-itchome (Nihonbashi Tori-itchome ryakuzu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

View of Nihonbashi Tori-itchome (Nihonbashi Tori-itchome ryakuzu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1858

Color woodblock print; oban

The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival (Shichu han'ei Tanabata Matsuri), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige

The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival (Shichu han'ei Tanabata Matsuri), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”

1857

Color woodblock print; oban

Haneda Ferry and Benten Shrine (Haneda no watashi Benten no yashiro), Number 72 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Haneda Ferry and Benten Shrine (Haneda no watashi Benten no yashiro), Number 72 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1858 (8th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

1857

color woodblock print

Dyers' Quarter, Kanda (Kanda Kon'ya-chō), Number 75 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Dyers' Quarter, Kanda (Kanda Kon'ya-chō), Number 75 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (11th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Asakusa Rice Fields and Torinomachi Festival (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mode), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Asakusa Rice Fields and Torinomachi Festival (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mode), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1857

Color woodblock print; ōban

The Armor-hanging Pine at Hakkeizaka (Hakkeizaka Yoroikakematsu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Armor-hanging Pine at Hakkeizaka (Hakkeizaka Yoroikakematsu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1856

Color woodblock print; oban

Benten Shrine and Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Benten Shrine and Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

1856

Color woodblock print; oban

Five Pines, Onagi Canal (Onagigawa Gohonmatsu), Number 97 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Five Pines, Onagi Canal (Onagigawa Gohonmatsu), Number 97 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1856 (7th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Original Fuji, Meguro (Meguro Moto-Fuji), Number 25 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Original Fuji, Meguro (Meguro Moto-Fuji), Number 25 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1856 (4th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Title page and list of contents for "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Title page and list of contents for "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print

View from Surugadai, from the series One-Hundred New Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei), Shôwa period, dated 1931 by Onchi Koshiro

View from Surugadai, from the series One-Hundred New Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei), Shôwa period, dated 1931

Woodblock print

Ryogoku Bridge, from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Ryogoku Bridge, from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei)

Woodblock print

Kannon Temple (Kannon), from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Kannon Temple (Kannon), from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei)

Woodblock print

Catching Goldfish (Kingyo sukui), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Shôwa period, dated 1928 by Hiroshi Yoshida

Catching Goldfish (Kingyo sukui), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Shôwa period, dated 1928

Shôwa period, 1926-1989

Woodblock print

The Sumida River in Mist (Sumidagawa, kiri), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

The Sumida River in Mist (Sumidagawa, kiri), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

Sumidagawa, kiri

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Dipping for Goldfish, Tokyo, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo"

1928

Color woodblock print on silk

Kameido Bridge (Kameido), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Kameido Bridge (Kameido), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

Kameido

1927

Color woodblock print

Iris Garden at Horikiri (Horikiri no shôbu), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Shôwa period, dated 1928 by Hiroshi Yoshida

Iris Garden at Horikiri (Horikiri no shôbu), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Shôwa period, dated 1928

Shôwa period, 1926-1989

Woodblock print

Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)"

Nakazato no yuki

1928

Color woodblock print; double oban

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain by Hiroshi Yoshida

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain

after 1929

Color woodblock print

Sumida River Mist, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jūnidai) by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sumida River Mist, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jūnidai)

Taishō period, dated 1926

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sumida River Mist, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Taishô period, dated 1926 by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sumida River Mist, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jûnidai), Taishô period, dated 1926

Woodblock print

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Prints depicting the city of Edo (the shogunal capital, renamed Tokyo in 1868) — its famous places, daily life, and landmarks across the Edo period and into the modern era.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Kawase Hasui, and Ishii Hakutei are among the artists most associated with edo & tokyo in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 178 prints tagged with edo & tokyo, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.