Art Archive • Hiroshige
Ukiyo-e
Hiroshige Gallery (Guide)
From the Tōkaidō road to Edo rain and Lake Biwa moonlight.
Utagawa Hiroshige’s famous-place prints (meisho-e), traced across three series — public-domain works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Utagawa Hiroshige’s meisho-e (famous-place prints) fold the memory of roads and cities into a single landscape—an emblematic line within ukiyo-e landscape printmaking.
This gallery centers on public-domain holdings from The Met, with series such as the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, and Eight Views of Ōmi as its axes. The Tōkaidō series depicts the post towns along the road between Edo and Kyoto with the mood of travel, and is widely known as the work that established Hiroshige’s reputation. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, produced late in his career, cuts the seasons and landmarks of the city with bold compositions; its emphasis on near–far contrast is often cited as an influence on later Western painting. Eight Views of Ōmi gathers scenic sites of the Ōmi region into eight themes, continuing the tradition of imaginative “matching” rooted in China’s Eight Views of Xiaoxiang.
Tōkaidō
東海道の道中
The highway linking Edo and Kyoto. Ferries, slopes, mist, and sudden rain — Hiroshige paints the moment of travel as a whole landscape rather than a checklist of post towns.
- Shinagawa Station, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Kawasaki, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Kanagawa, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Hodogaya, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Totsuka, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Morning Mist at Mishima, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
- Sudden Shower at Shōno, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
名所江戸百景
The city’s edges and center, rain and festivals, dawn and daily life intersect in bold vertical compositions. Look for the play of near and far.
- Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Ochanomizu, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Revelers Returned from the Tori no Machi Festival at Asakusa, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- The Tanabata Festival, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Minowa, Kanasugi at Mikawashima, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Eight Views of Ōmi
近江八景
Autumn moon, evening glow, night rain, and snow at dusk — classic “Eight Views” themes mapped onto scenic sites around Lake Biwa.
- The Autumn Moon at Ishiyama on Lake Biwa
- Sunset at Seta, Lake Biwa
- Clearing Weather at Awazu, Lake Biwa
- Geese Alighting at Katada, Lake Biwa
- Night Rain at Karasaki, from Eight Views of Ōmi
- Vesper Bell at Mii Temple, Lake Biwa
- Evening Snow on Hira, Lake Biwa
- Sailing Boats Returning to Yabase, Lake Biwa
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