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One Hundred Famous Views of Edo · 09 / 21

Ochanomizu, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

名所江戸百景「御茶之水」

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Cliff faces and canal cutting deep into the Ochanomizu valley — Ochanomizu, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Utagawa Hiroshige. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

Hiroshige exposes Edo’s geological strata at Ochanomizu. Clear weather lets cliff, canal, and bridge read as stacked earth rather than decoration.

Clear-weather tag reveals terrain — follow cliff cuts that frame the canal.

Compare engineered valley here with flat ferry space at Kawasaki.

Study steep verticals that anticipate the series’ bold compositions.

Extended Japanese viewing notes: 名所江戸百景「御茶之水」.

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