of which this, woodblock print, 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great
Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa', Katsushika Hokusai, about 1831. Museum no.
E.4823-191, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is perhaps the best known example, this post might interest you,
Utagawa Hiroshige was known for his landscapes; the most
famous being The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, above, 15th station : Kanbara (A village in the snow), which was the result
of a procession between Edo and Kyoto, Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the
17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and
paintings, now, an online Open StreetMap
called Ukiyo-e Map has
plotted over 200 of Hiroshige’s prints on a map of Japan so you can pin down
the exact location they depicted several hundred years ago,
and here they are,
Zozoji Temple in Tokyo, clicking the dot reveals the Ukiyo-e
The Tamagawa Aqueduct, which ran along Koshu Kaido road., the aqueduct no longer exists but the road still does,
Inokashira Park and Lake in the western suburbs of Tokyo, which still exists
35th station : Goyu
40th station : Narumi, many thanks to John
Resig of Ukiyo-e.org for
spotting this map, as an aside, although much has changed, some roads, temples and lakes still exist to this day, what a great way to spend a few days walking the route.
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