100 Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

In 1856, Hiroshige began designing what was to be his last great series and a true masterpiece, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The series contains 118 woodblocks, in full oban vertical format, of classic Hiroshige landscapes. From spring cherry blossoms to summer fireworks, from quiet scenes along the river to lively festival celebrations, Hiroshige captures a slice of life in old Edo in dramatic and interesting ways.

The prints were published between 1856 and 1858, with the last few designs released shortly after Hiroshige's death. Hiroshige employed an inventive compositional technique in many of the prints, using large foreground elements to frame a distant view in the background, such as the image of Kinryuzan Temple seen through the doorway of the famous Thunder Gate, a giant paper lantern hanging overhead. The series also includes brighter, richer color than his preceding works, but these are still balanced by more subtle, muted tones. Beautifully printed, the works demonstrate a range of specialized techniques, including soft bokashi shading and delicate embossing in many of the images, and even touches of mica.

The series was very popular with the public and new releases were eagerly anticipated. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo retains its popularity today as one of Hiroshige's great masterworks, including some of his most memorable images.

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Table of Contents from the "100 Views of Edo"	Nihonbashi, Clearing After Snow	Kasumigaseki
Hibiya and Soto-Sakurada from Yamashita-cho	Tsukudajima from Eitai Bridge	Ryogoku Ekoin and Moto-Yanagibashi Bridge
Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-cho	Cotton-goods Lane, Odenma-cho	Suruga-cho
Yatsukoji, inside Sujikai Gate	Dawn at Kanda Myojin Shrine	Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno
Ueno Yamashita	Shitaya Hirokoji	Temple Gardens, Nippori
Suwa Bluff, Nippori	Flower Pavilion, Dango Slope, Sendagi	View to the North from Asukayama
Oji Inari Shrine	Dam on the Otonashi River at Oji, Popularly Known as "The Great Waterfall"	The Kawaguchi Ferry and Zenkoji Temple
Mount Atago, Shiba	Furukawa River, Hiroo	Chiyogaike Pond, Meguro
New Fuji, Meguro	Original Fuji, Meguro	Armor-Hanging Pine, Hakkeizaka
Plum Garden, Kamata	Gotenyama, Shinagawa	Moto-Hachiman Shrine, Sunamura
Plum Estate, Kameido	Azuma Shrine and the Entwined Camphor	Yanagishima
Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dori Canal	Night View of Matsuchiyama and the San'ya Canal	Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River
View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya	Tile Kilns and Hasiba Ferry, Sumida River	Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara
Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge	Basho's Hermitage and Camellia Hill on the Kanda Aqueduct at Sekiguchi	Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine
Blossoms on the Tama River Embankment	Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge	View of Nihonbashi Tori 1-chome
Yatsumi Bridge	Yoroi Ferry, Koami-cho	Seido and Kanda River from Shohei Bridge
Suido Bridge and Surugadai	Fudo Falls, Oji	Kumano Junisha Shrine, Tsunohazu
Sanno Festival Procession at Kojimachi 1-chome	Akasaka Kiribatake	Zojoji Pagoda and Akabane
Benkei Moat from Soto-Sakurada to Kojimachi	Sumiyoshi Festival, Tsukudajima	Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa
Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi	Sudden Shower at Atake	Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank
Asakusa River, Great Riverbank, Miyato River	Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River	Komakata Hall and Azuma Bridge
Ayase River and Kanegafuchi	Horikiri Iris Garden	Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine
Spiral Hall, Five Hundred Rakan Temple	Sakasai Ferry	Open Garden at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine
Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, Fukagawa	Nakagawa River Mouth	Scattered Pines, Tone River
Haneda Ferry and Benten Shrine	The City of Flourishing, Tanabata Festival	Silk-goods Lane, Odenma-cho
Dyers' Quarter, Kanda	Bamboo Yards, Kyobashi Bridge	Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu
Teppozu and Tsukiji Honganji Temple	Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zojoji Temple	Kanasugi Bridge and Shibaura
Ushimachi, Takanawa	Moon-Viewing Point	Shinagawa Susaki
Grandpa's Teahouse, Meguro	Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike	Naito Shinjuku, Yotsuya
Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond	Takinogawa, Oji	Moon Pine, Ueno
Night View of Saruwaka-machi	Inside Akiba Shrine, Ukeji	Mokuboji Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, Gozensaihata
Niijuku Ferry	Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge	View of Konodai and the Tone River
Horie and Nekozane	Five Pines, Onagi Canal	Fireworks at Ryogoku
Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa	Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara	Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival
Minowa, Kanasugi, Mikawashima	Senju Great Bridge	Koume Embankment
Oumayagashi	Fukagawa Lumberyards	Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo
View of Shiba Coast	Minami-Shinagawa and Samezu Coast	Robe-Hanging Pine, Senzoku Pond
Meguro Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill	Atagoshita and Yabu Lane	Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate
Bikuni Bridge in Snow	Takata Riding Grounds	Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge, and Jariba at Takata
Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine	New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji	Night Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake