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)
Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province (Bungo Yabakei Ko Rakan-ji), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)
1897 (Meiji 30)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Saishō Temple in Hirosaki (Hirosaki, Saishō-in), from the series Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fūkei shū higashi Nihon hen)
1936
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Hibiya Concert Hall (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)
Woodblock print
Nissaka, Kakegawa, Fukuroi, Mitsuke, and Hamamatsu, 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
View of Mitsumata in the Eastern Capital (Toto Mitsumata no zu), from the series "Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto no zu)"
early 1830s
Color woodblock print; oban
Tsūten-kyō Bridge, Tōfuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyōto Tōfukuji Tsūtenkyō bashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
諸国名所百景 京都東福寺通天橋
1859
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.