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Edo & Tokyo Prints (155)

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

Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi) by Kawase Hasui

Kami(no) Bridge, Fukagawa, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" (Tokyo junidai, Kaminohashi)

Summer 1920

Color woodblock print

Shinkawa at Night (Yoru no Shinkawa), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" by Kawase Hasui

Shinkawa at Night (Yoru no Shinkawa), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

Yoru no Shinkawa

1919

Color woodblock print; oban

Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" by Kawase Hasui

Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

1920

Color woodblock print

Lingering Snow at Inokashira, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo by Kawase Hasui

Lingering Snow at Inokashira, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo

Woodblock print

Evening Snow at Terashima Village (Yuki ni kure no Terashima mura), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai) by Kawase Hasui

Evening Snow at Terashima Village (Yuki ni kure no Terashima mura), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)

Woodblock print

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Dusk at Kiba (Tokyo Junikkei: Kiba no yugure) by Kawase Hasui

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Dusk at Kiba (Tokyo Junikkei: Kiba no yugure)

Woodblock print

Early Summer Rain at the Sannô Shrine (Samidare furu Sannô), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai) by Kawase Hasui

Early Summer Rain at the Sannô Shrine (Samidare furu Sannô), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)

Woodblock print

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Tokyo Junikkei: Kure no yuki Terajima mura) by Kawase Hasui

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Tokyo Junikkei: Kure no yuki Terajima mura)

Woodblock print

The Kaminohashi Bridge in Fukagawa, Tokyo (Tôkyô Kaminohashi), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai) by Kawase Hasui

The Kaminohashi Bridge in Fukagawa, Tokyo (Tôkyô Kaminohashi), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)

Woodblock print

Evening at the Lumber Yards of Kiba (Kiba no yûgure), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai) by Kawase Hasui

Evening at the Lumber Yards of Kiba (Kiba no yûgure), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)

Woodblock print

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Lingering Snow at Inokashira Park (Tokyo Junikkei: Inokashira no Zansetsu) by Kawase Hasui

Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Lingering Snow at Inokashira Park (Tokyo Junikkei: Inokashira no Zansetsu)

Woodblock print

Yuki no Shirahige 雪の白ひげ (Shirahige in the Snow) / Tokyo junidai 東京十二題 (Twelve Tokyo Subjects) by Kawase Hasui

Yuki no Shirahige 雪の白ひげ (Shirahige in the Snow) / Tokyo junidai 東京十二題 (Twelve Tokyo Subjects)

Woodblock print

The Bay off Shinagawa (Shinagawa oki), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai) by Kawase Hasui

The Bay off Shinagawa (Shinagawa oki), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)

Woodblock print

Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Senzoku Pond (Senzokuike), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Senzoku Pond (Senzokuike), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

Senzokuike

1928

Color woodblock print; oban

Akashi-cho after Rain (Akashi-cho no ugo), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Akashi-cho after Rain (Akashi-cho no ugo), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1928

Color woodblock print; oban

Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Ueno Kiyomizudo) by Kawase Hasui

Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Ueno Kiyomizudo)

1928

Color woodblock print

Yaguchi, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Yaguchi, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1928

Color woodblock print; oban

Kikyo Gate (Kikyomon), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Kikyo Gate (Kikyomon), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

Kikyomon

1929

Color woodblock print; oban

Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) by Kawase Hasui

Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane))

Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane

1929

Color woodblock print

Zojoji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Zojoji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

Shiba Zojoji

1925

Color woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Snow at Shibazojoji Temple (Tokyo Nijukkei: Shibazojoji) by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Snow at Shibazojoji Temple (Tokyo Nijukkei: Shibazojoji)

Woodblock print

Clearing after a Snowfall at the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Clearing after a Snowfall at the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai) by Kawase Hasui

Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai)

1926

Color woodblock print

Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1929

Color woodblock print; oban

Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki) by Kawase Hasui

Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki)

1930

Color woodblock print

Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1927

Color woodblock print; oban

Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon) by Kawase Hasui

Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon)

1928

Color woodblock print

Clearing Sky after Snow, Kannon Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

Clearing Sky after Snow, Kannon Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Moon at Magome (Magome no tsuki), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei ) by Kawase Hasui

Moon at Magome (Magome no tsuki), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei )

Woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Hirakawa Gateway by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Hirakawa Gateway

Woodblock print

Sunshine after Snow at the Kannon Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

Sunshine after Snow at the Kannon Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Kikyo Gate at Chiyoda Castle (Tokyo Nijukkei: Kikyômon) by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Kikyo Gate at Chiyoda Castle (Tokyo Nijukkei: Kikyômon)

Woodblock print

Zojo Temple Shiba, from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo by Kawase Hasui

Zojo Temple Shiba, from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo

Woodblock print

The Grounds of the Kanda Myôjin Shrine (Kanda Myôjin keidai), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

The Grounds of the Kanda Myôjin Shrine (Kanda Myôjin keidai), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Clearing After a Snowfall at the Asakusa Kannon Temple (Tokyo Nijukkei: Asakusa Kannon no yukibare) by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Clearing After a Snowfall at the Asakusa Kannon Temple (Tokyo Nijukkei: Asakusa Kannon no yukibare)

Woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Ochanomizu (Tokyo Nijukkei: Ochanomizu) by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Ochanomizu (Tokyo Nijukkei: Ochanomizu)

Woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Snow at Tsukijima (Tokyo Nijukkei: Tsukijima no yuki) by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Snow at Tsukijima (Tokyo Nijukkei: Tsukijima no yuki)

Woodblock print

Ichinokura at Ikegami, Evening (Ikegami Ichinokura [sekiyo]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

Ichinokura at Ikegami, Evening (Ikegami Ichinokura [sekiyo]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Shiba Zojo Temple (Tokyo Nijukkei: Shiba Zojoji) by Kawase Hasui

Twenty Views of Tokyo: Shiba Zojo Temple (Tokyo Nijukkei: Shiba Zojoji)

Woodblock print

Sakurada Gate of the Imperial Palace (Sakurada mon), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

Sakurada Gate of the Imperial Palace (Sakurada mon), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane (Arakawa no tsuki [Akabane]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui

Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane (Arakawa no tsuki [Akabane]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

Woodblock print

Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century) by Toshi Yoshida

Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century)

東京百景 21世紀へのメッセージ

1989-99

Woodblock print, zinc anastic plate on paper

Early Spring in the Suburbs (Soshun kogai), from the series "New One Hundred Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)" by Sakuichi Fukazawa

Early Spring in the Suburbs (Soshun kogai), from the series "New One Hundred Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)"

1925

Color woodblock print

Inside the Hogaku Theater (Hogakuza naikei), from the series "New One Hundred Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)" by Onchi Koshiro

Inside the Hogaku Theater (Hogakuza naikei), from the series "New One Hundred Views of Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)"

1929

Color woodblock print

Hibiya Concert Hall (Shin Tokyo hyakkei) by Onchi Koshiro

Hibiya Concert Hall (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)

Woodblock print

Hibiya Ongaku-do 日比谷音楽堂 (Hibiya Concert Hall) / Shin Tokyo hyakkei 新東京百景 (One Hundred Views of New Tokyo) by Onchi Koshiro

Hibiya Ongaku-do 日比谷音楽堂 (Hibiya Concert Hall) / Shin Tokyo hyakkei 新東京百景 (One Hundred Views of New Tokyo)

Shitaya, from the series Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûni kei) by Ishii Hakutei

Shitaya, from the series Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûni kei)

Woodblock print

Yanagibashi Bridge, from the series Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûni kei) by Ishii Hakutei

Yanagibashi Bridge, from the series Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûni kei)

Woodblock print

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Mukojima by Ishii Hakutei

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Mukojima

Woodblock print

Shitaya, Twelve Views of Tokyo by Ishii Hakutei

Shitaya, Twelve Views of Tokyo

Woodblock print

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Akasaka (Tokyo Junikei: Akasaka) by Ishii Hakutei

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Akasaka (Tokyo Junikei: Akasaka)

Woodblock print

Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge) / Tokyo junikei (Twelve Views of Tokyo) by Ishii Hakutei

Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge) / Tokyo junikei (Twelve Views of Tokyo)

Woodblock print

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Shitaya by Ishii Hakutei

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Shitaya

Woodblock print

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Asakusa by Ishii Hakutei

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Asakusa

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Twelve Views of Tokyo: Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tokyo Junikei: Tokyo Junikei) by Ishii Hakutei

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tokyo Junikei: Tokyo Junikei)

Woodblock print

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Shinbashi by Ishii Hakutei

Twelve Views of Tokyo: Shinbashi

Woodblock print

Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital by Utagawa Hiroshige

Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

c. 1831

color 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 155 prints tagged with edo & tokyo, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.