Hiroshige II's series 'Eight Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho hakkei)'

Hiroshige II's series 'Eight Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho hakkei)' (ca. 1851-53)

Introduction

This page attempts to catalog all known prints in Hiroshige II's series 'Edo meisho hakkei (江戸名所八景 - Eight Views of Famous Places in Edo)'.

The series title is in the rectangular cartouche in the top right corner; the title of each individual print is in the field of the print at the top, to the left of the title cartouche.

The series dates from the very start of Hiroshige II's career, when he was in his mid-twenties. At this point, he was using the name 'Shigenobu', the gō given to him by his master Hiroshige I; the prints in this series are signed 'Shigenobu'.

Technical details

Dates: Circa 1851-1853
Censor Seals: Nanushi Watanabe (Watanabe Shoemon) and Mera (Mera Ta-ichiro)
Size: vertical ōban
Signed: Shigenobu ga

The Prints

To see a larger, roughly full-screen, image of any print, please click on the thumbnail; these images are sized to produce fine detail, and are only moderately compressed.

Large Image	Date	Title (Kanji)	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (English)
	ca. 1851-53	日本橋夕景	Nihon-bashi yūkei	Evening View at Nihon Bridge
	ca. 1851-53?	霞?ケ?関?	Kasumigaseki	Kasumigaseki
	ca. 1851-53?	芝増上寺	Shiba Zōjō-ji	Zōjō Temple in Shiba
1109KB	ca. 1851-53	上野東叡山	Ueno Tōeizan	Tōeizan [Temple in] Ueno

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Last updated: 11/April/2019