Famous Places (Meisho-e) Prints (256)

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

Picture of Matsuchiyama, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

late 1830s or early 1840s

color woodblock print

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)"

Color woodblock print

True View of Kata Bay in Kii Province (Kishū Kata no ura shinkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Tsukigare Plum Orchard, from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishô zue), Meiji period, dated 1896-1897?

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)

Evening at Tago Bay (Tago no ura no yube), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

1940

Color woodblock print; oban

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

1947

Color woodblock print; oban

Autumn Moon at New Yoshiwara in Emonzaka (Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka shugetsu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

c. 1835/38

Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku

Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

諸国名所百景 大和吉野山

1859

Color woodblock print

Hase Temple, Yamato Province (Yamato Hasedera), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

諸国名所百景 大和初瀬寺

1859

Color woodblock print

Pier at Otaru (Otaru no hatoba), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"

1933

Color woodblock print; oban

Yakumo Bridge at Nagata Shrine in Kobe (Kobe Nagata-jinja Yakumobashi), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"

1930

Color woodblock print; oban

Inner Valley at Tsukigase (Tsukigase oku no tani), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

1897 (Meiji 30)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Kiyomigata, from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

1896 (Meiji 29)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Matsushima, from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

1896 (Meiji 29)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

1897 (Meiji 30)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

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

Woodblock print

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)"

Senzokuike

1928

Color woodblock print; oban

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)

1928

Color woodblock print

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)"

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))

Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane

1929

Color woodblock print

Pine Beach at Miho (Miho no Matsubara), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

September 1931

Color woodblock print; oban

Chion Temple, Kyoto, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Kyoto Chionin)

August 1933

Color woodblock print

Futago Islands, Matsushima (Matsushima Futagojima), from the series “Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"

Matsushima Futagojima

December 1933

Color woodblock print

Enjoying the Evening Cool on the Riverbed at Shijo (Shijogawara yusuzumi), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

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

c. 1831

color woodblock print

The Willow Tree at the Gate of Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

Cherry Blossoms at Night on Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nakanocho yozakura), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

c. 1832/38

Color woodblock print; oban

Visiting the Fudo Temple in Meguro (Meguro Fudo mode), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

c. 1832/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Hall of the Golden Hue, Chuson Temple, Hiraizumi, from the series “Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition” (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Hiraizumi Chusonji Konjikido)

October, 1935

Color woodblock print

Kiyomizu Temple, from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki, Chiryu, and Narumi, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Traveling at Night in the Hakone Mountains on the Border of Izu and Sagami Provinces (Zuso Hakone-yama yako no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho)"

c. 1830/44

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

Shono, Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, and Tsuchiyama, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

c. 1832/33

Color woodblock print; oban

Surugadai, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"

c. 1832/33

Color woodblock print; oban

Hara, Yoshiwara, and Kanbara, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Three Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki sanshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Teppozu, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

c. 1832/33

Color woodblock print; oban

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

Woodblock print

Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

c. 1832/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Four Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

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

Woodblock print

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

1925

Color woodblock print

The Moon Seen Through Leaves (Hagoshi no Tsuki), from the series "Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijuhakkei no uchi)"

c. 1832

Color woodblock print; otanzaku

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

Shiba Zojoji

1925

Color woodblock print

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

Woodblock print

Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô

1863

Woodblock print

Landscape of Susaki (Susaki no kei), from the series "Views of Tokyo (Tokyo fukei)"

1916

Lithograph on paper

Asakusa Imado, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"

c. 1832/33

Color woodblock print; oban

Four Stations: Okabe, Fujieda, Shimada and Kanaya, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan eki yonshuku meisho)

Edo period, circa 1830-1835 (Tenpō 1-6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga"

Minakuchi, Ishibe, Kusatsu, Otsu, and Kyoto, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

early 1830s

Color woodblock print

New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

early 1830s

color woodblock print

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

Woodblock print

Bikuni Bridge in Snow (Bikunibashi setchu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Color woodblock print