Hiroshige II's series 'Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo' (1860)


Introduction

This page attempts to catalog all known prints in Hiroshige II's series 'Edo meisho yonjūhakkei (江戸  名所  四十八  景 - Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo)'.

The title of each individual print is in the scroll cartouche to the left of the vertical rectangular series title cartouche; the number of each print is on the rolled up edge of the scroll.

The series dates from close to the start of Hiroshige II's career, when he was about thirty-four years old. At this point, he had just started using the name 'Hiroshige', since his master Hiroshige I had just died (in 1858), and Hiroshige II had taken over the 'Hiroshige'; the prints in this series are signed 'Hiroshige'.


Technical details

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has no less than three almost-complete sets of this series. One (from the Denman Waldo Ross Collection, 1906; Accession Number: 06.1720, etc) is in poor condition; the other two (both from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, 1911; Accession Numbers 11.20565, etc and 11.26427, etc) are in excellent condition.


The Prints

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Images Large Image Number Date Title (Kanji) Title (Romaji) Title (English)
Title Page 1860/12
#1 1860/12 日本橋 魚市 Nihon-bashi uoichi Fish Market at Nihon-bashi
#2 1860-1861/? 一石ばし夕景 Ichikoku-bashi yūkei Evening View of the Ichikoku Bridge
#3 1860/12 するが町 Suruga-machi Suruga District
#4 1860-1861/? 廿六夜まち之図 Kudanzaka, Nijūrokuya machi no zu Kudanzaka: The Moon-awaiting Festival on the night of the Twenty-sixth
#5 1860/12 御茶乃水夕景 Ochanomizu yūkei Evening View of Ochanomizu
#6 1860-1861/? 駿河台月夜 Suruga-dai getsuya Moonlit Night at Suruga Heights
#7 1861/1 神田明神 Kanda Myōjin Kanda Myōjin Shrine
#8 1860-1861/? 湯島天神 Yushima Tenjin Yushima Tenjin Shrine
#9 1860/12 不忍池弁天 Shinobazu-ike Benten Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond
#10 1860-1861/? 上野清水堂 Ueno Kiyomizu-dō Kiyomizu Hall at Ueno
#11 1861/1 根津権現 Nezu Gongen Nezu Gongen Shrine
#12 1860-1861/? 日ぐらしの里 Higurashi no sato Higurashi Village
#13 1860/12 飛鳥山花見 Asuka-yama hanami Cherry-blossom Viewing at Mount Asuka
#14 1860-1861/? 王子瀧の川 Ōji Takino-gawa Waterfall River at Ōji
#15 1860/1 王子稲荷 Ōji Inari Inari Shrine at Ōji
#16 1860-1861/? 堀きり花菖蒲 Horikiri hanashōbu Irises at Horikiri
#17 1861/1 すみ田川 Sumida-gawa Sumida River
#18 1860-1861/? 新よし原 Shin Yoshiwara The New Yoshiwara
891KB #19 1861/1 真乳山 Matsuchi-yama Mount Matsuchi
#20 1860-1861/? 猿若町 Saruwaka-machi Saruwaka District
#21 1860/12 浅草金龍山 Asakusa Kinryūzan Kinryūzan Temple at Asakusa
914KB #22 1860-1861/? 両国大花火 Ryōgoku ōhanabi Great Fireworks Display at Ryōgoku Bridge
#23 1860/12 柳し満 妙見 Yanagishima Myōken Myōkendo Temple at Yanagishima
#24 1860-1861/? 亀戸梅やしき Kameido umeyashiki Plum Garden at Kameido
#25 1860-1861/? 亀戸天神 Kameido Tenjin Kameido Tenjin Shrine
#26 1860-1861/? 五百羅漢 Gohyaku Rakan Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats
#27 1861/1 すさき弁天 Susaki Benten Benten Shrine at Susaki
#28 1860-1861/? 深川八幡 Fukagawa Hachiman Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa
#29 1861/1 永代ばし Eitai-bashi Eitai Bridge
#30 1860-1861/? 佃し満 Tsukuda-jima Tsukuda Island
#31 1861/1 鉄砲洲稲荷 Teppōzu Inari Inari Shrine at Teppōzu
#32 1860-1861/? 芝神明 Shiba Shinmei Shiba Shinmei Shrine
#33 1861/1 増上寺 Zōjō-ji Zōjō Temple
#34 1860-1861/? 金杉橋 Kanasugi-bashi Kanasugi Bridge
#35 1861/1 高輪秋月 Takanawa shūgetsu Autumn Moon at Takanawa
#36 1860-1861/? 御殿山満花 Goten-yama manka Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Goten Hill
#37 1861/1 海案寺紅葉 Kaian-ji kōyō Red Maple Leaves at Kaian Temple
#38 1860-1861/? 目黒不動 Meguro Fudō Fudō Temple at Meguro
#39 1861/1 赤羽根水天宮 Akabane Suitengū Suiten Shrine at Akabane
#40 1860-1861/? 愛宕山雪中 Atago-san setchū Mount Atago in Snow
#41 1861/1 葵坂 Aoi-zaka Aoi Slope
#42 1861/1 霞ヶ関 Kasumigaseki Kasumigaseki
#43 1861/1 山王権現 Sannō Gongen Sannō Gongen Shrine
#44 1860-1861/? 赤坂紀国さか Akasaka Kinokuni-zaka Kinokuni Slope in Akasaka
#45 1861/1 角筈熊野十二社 Tsunohazu Kumano jūnisha Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu
#46 1860-1861/? 市ヶ谷八幡 Ichigaya Hachiman Hachiman Shrine at Ichigaya
#47 1861/1 桜田外上 Sakurada-soto jō On the Hill outside the Sakurada Gate
#48 1860-1861/? すきやがし Sukiya-gashi Sukiya Embankment

Acknowledgements

Thanks to (in alphabetical order): Peter Chiappa for help with insertion of the kanji titles, and transcribing the dates.

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Last updated: 11/June/2013