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)
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)
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)"
Color woodblock print
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)"
Color woodblock print
Nagasaki Maruyama no kei 長崎丸山の景 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Hoki Shimotani shinkei 伯耆下谷 真景 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Musashi Chichibu sanchu 武蔵秩父山中 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Sado kinzan oku ana no zu 佐渡金山奥穴の図 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Sesshu Nunobiki no taki 摂州布引の滝 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Kyoto Giion sairei 京都祇園祭礼 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Bushu Yokohama Gankiro 武州横浜岩亀楼 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Etchu Tateyama shinkei 越中立山真景 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Senshu Sakai Naniwaya no matsu 泉州堺なにわやの松 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Shimosa Naritasan keidai 下総成田山境内 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Historic Site of Urashima in Kanagawa (Kanagawa Urashima koseki), 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 meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Nachi Waterfall (Nachi no taki), 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 meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Twelve Views of Tokyo: Mukojima
Woodblock print
Mount Akiba (Akiba-san), 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 meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
The Outer Shrine at Ise (Ise Gekû), 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 meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
The Day of a Nô Performance (Onô haiken hiruban), 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 meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Mountains and Sakanoshita (Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama Sakanoshita), 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
Woodblock print
Umesawa, 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 meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
The Sumida River in Winter Snow (Fuyu Sumidagawa no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Koto meisho)"
1834/35
Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku
Wisteria at Kameido (Kameido Tenjin fuji hana), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1839/42
Color woodblock print; oban
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
No. 5, Hodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Boundary Tree Posthouse (Hodogaya, Kyōboku tateba Kamakurayama enbō), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tōkaidō
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dance of the Star of Longevity at Kaimongatake, Makurazaki, Satsuma Province (Sasshū Makurazaki Kaimongatake Jusei odori), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
No. 21, Mariko: Selling the Famous Yam Soup at the Station (Mariko, Ekichū meibutsu tororojiru o hisagu), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tōkaidō
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
1859
Color woodblock print
Rain at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi no hakuu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no yoizuki), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"
c. 1831
Color woodblock print; oban
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Rain at Azuma Bridge below Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan shita Azuma Bashi uchu bo), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku
Kanda Myojin Shrine (Kanda Myojin), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku
Misty Moonlight on the Shore at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima kaihen oborozuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1835/38
Color woodblock print; chutanzaku
Evening Shower at the Bank of Tadasu River (Tadasugawara no yudachi), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
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)"
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)
Edo period, dated 1857 (11th month)
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Kinryūzan Temple at Asakusa in Snow (Asakusa Kinryūzan setchū no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho no uchi)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni in Suo Province (Suo Iwakuni Kintai-bashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
Late Edo period, dated 1859
Ink on paper
Clear Weather after Snow in the Precincts of the Kanda Myōjin Shrine (Kanda Myōjin keidai yukibare no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Red Maple Trees at the Tsuten Bridge (Tsutenkyo no momiji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
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
Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishô zue), Meiji period, dated 1897
Woodblock print
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)
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)
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)
Edo period, dated 1857 (1st month)
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Mountain Temple at Sendai (Sendai yamanodera), from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Lake Toya, Hokkaido, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition" (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Hokkaido Toyako)
1933
Color woodblock print
Setakamui Rock, Shiribeshi, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition" (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Shiribeshi Setakamuiiwa)
May 1933
Color woodblock print
Kasuga Shrine, Nara, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Nara Kasuga taisha)
April 1933
Color woodblock print
Senjō Cliff, Lake Towada (Senjōmaku, Towadako), from the series Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fūkei higaishi Nihon ten)
1933, January
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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
Kanita, Aomori Prefecture, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition" (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Aomori ken Kanita)
March 1933
Color woodblock print
Bell Tower, Mount Koya, from the series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition" (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen, Koyasan shoro)
February 1935
Color 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.