The locality, called Yamashita, was at the eastern slope of Mount Ueno. The area of Wenoyamasita was originally constructed to prevent a fire. The engraving depicts a road between the

Siba is a coastal region stretching from the bridge of Siodobebasi in the north to the Takanava district in the south. The river Furukawa in this place changed its name

On the southern tip of the Teppozu shoal, depicted in the previous engraving, was the Akasit Quarter, where in the Meiji era the government permitted settling the Europeans. The territory

It is believed that the name Sandaga came from the main fishery of local peasants harvesting firewood in the surrounding forest, overgrown with trees sendan. Then they were brought to

Monastery Zenkoji of the Tendai school was located in a place called Kawaguchi. It was a branch of the sanctuary, built almost 1400 years ago in Nagano Prefecture, also called

From the Surugate quarter, located near Nihonbashi, a magnificent view of Mount Fuji and the castle of Shogun was opened. This place was very popular among the townspeople. Hiroshige chose

Tsukuda-Zima Island is located at the mouth of the Sumidagawa River. At the beginning of the 17th century, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved a special decree to Edo, thirty-six fishermen – especially

Previously, until the bridge of Senzujoshi was built for crossing to the other bank of the Sumidagawa River, it was possible to get to the island of Mukojima, using the

Before the viewer, the same distant view of the two-headed Pukubayama mountain unfolds, but somewhat from a different angle. Hiroshige portrayed another Asukayama slope, where the ancient Shinto shrine of

The river Kebasigawa was called the upper course of the Canutebori Canal, which served to pass the vessels towards the Edo Gulf. The bridge over the river Kebasigawa was called

The rise from the Ueno mountains to the Asakusa mountain suddenly breaks off, and from this precipice the river Syakudzigawa flows. Between the two heights a ravine is formed. On

Behind the gates of Sudzitigaimon was a square that served to prevent a fire. From her departed eight roads, hence the name – Yatsukoji: “Eight streets.” In Japan, often used

Hiroshige shows a view of the Nihonbasigawa River, which opens from the Kayabate quarter, which means “Miscant warehouses”. Here were shops of merchants who traded a miscant-reed, they were covered

The name is due to the fact that earlier there were shops selling malt, yeast, and possibly with the Koji road that used to be here earlier. The festival of

Before the founding of the military government in Edo, the Kandamejin Temple was located at the Tyra no Masakado Mound near the Kandabashi Gates, but as the castle grew larger,