Famous Places (Meisho-e) Prints (306)
Prints in the meisho-e ('famous places pictures') tradition — the classical Japanese practice of depicting renowned scenic, historical, or cultural sites organized as visual itineraries.
Artists Known for Famous Places (Meisho-e)
Rain at Maekawa in Sagami Province (Soshu Maekawa no ame), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
Shinkawabata at Handa, Owari Province (Bishu Handa Shinkawabata), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Ishinomaki (Ishinomaki no bosetsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
Morning in Dotonbori, Osaka (Osaka Dotonbori no asa), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Tadotsu, Sanuki Province (Sanshu Tadotsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1936
Color woodblock print; oban
Shinkubo, Hachinohe, from the series “Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Easter Japan Edition” (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Hachinohe Shinkubo)
June 1933
Color woodblock print
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
Color woodblock print
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
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)"
Color woodblock print
Hachinohe-Same, from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
1933
Color woodblock print; oban
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
Morning in Onomichi, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition" (Nihon fukeishu II Kansia hen, Onomichi no asa)
1940
Color woodblock print
Shin Ohashi Bridge (Shin Ohashi), from the series "Twenty View of Tokyo (Tokyu nijukkei)"
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Tonashi Gate, Matsuyama Castle, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Matsuyamajo Tonashimon)
February 1935
Color woodblock print
The Gion Temple in Snow (Gionsha setchu), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai)
1926
Color woodblock print
Yakumo Bridge at the Nagata Shrine, Kobe, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kainsai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Kobe Nagata jinja Yakumobashi)
October 1934
Color woodblock print
Shinobazu Pond in Rain (Shinobazu no ike no ame), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Yodo River (Yodogawa), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
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)"
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
The Village of Yase (Yase no sato), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Seto, Bishu, from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido" (Tokaido fukei senshu, Bishu Seto)
March 1934
Color woodblock print
Tokaido, Shimada, from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido" (Tokaido fukei senshu, Tokaido Shimada)
1942
Color woodblock print
Winter in Kamigamo, Kyoto (Kyoto Kamigamo no fuyu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Tokaido, Utsunoya, from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Setting Sun over Pines, Suzukawa Beach (Tokaido fukei senshu, Matsu no sekiyo (Suzukawa kaigan)), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido"
1940
Color woodblock print
Tokaido, Nissaka, from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido" (Tokaido fukei senshu, Tokaido Nissaka)
1942
Color woodblock print
Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon)
1928
Color woodblock print
Collection of scenic views of Japan, eastern Japan edition: Pier at Otaru (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen: Otaru no hatoba)
Woodblock print
Collection of scenic views of Japan II, Kansai edition: Morning at Dotonbori in Osaka (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen: Osaka dotonburi no asa)
Woodblock print
Clearing Sky after Snow, Kannon Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)
Woodblock print
Collection of scenic views of Japan II, Kansai edition: Soemoncho District in Osaka (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen: Osaka Soemon-cho no yu)
Woodblock print
Collection of scenic views of Japan II, Kansai edition: Spring in Arashiyama (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen: Haru no Arashiyama)
Woodblock print
Collection of scenic views of Japan II, Kansai edition: Murotsu, Suo (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen: Suo Murotsu)
Woodblock print
Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)
Woodblock print
Collection of scenic views of Japan, eastern Japan edition: Zaimoku Island, Matsushima (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen: Matsushima Zaimokuto)
Woodblock print
Ishinomaki in the Snow, from the series Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition
Woodblock print
Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjôji), 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 )
Woodblock print
Twenty Views of Tokyo: Hirakawa Gateway
Woodblock print
Ochanomizu, from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)
Woodblock print
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Prints in the meisho-e ('famous places pictures') tradition — the classical Japanese practice of depicting renowned scenic, historical, or cultural sites organized as visual itineraries.
Utagawa Hiroshige, Kawase Hasui, and Kawanabe Kyosai are among the artists most associated with famous places (meisho-e) in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 306 prints tagged with famous places (meisho-e), spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.