In the area of Getoku, which was the center of the supply of Edo with salt, there were three villages: Horye, Nekozane, Todaidzyma. On the banks of the Sakaigava River,

Near the Shintzuku neighborhood of Knight was the village of Tsunohazumura, through which the Koshu-kaido tract, one of the five largest tracts of Japan, passed. But it was especially noteworthy

The engraving offers a view of the Sumidagawa River from the Komakatado temple, the curved roof of which and the wall, covered with white plaster, occupy the left lower plane

In the Hiroshige engraving, the viewer can see the road along the Dzikkengava Canal, leading to the Shinto Sanctuary of Azuma-no Mori, in front of which there are the stone

The engraving offers a view of the snow-covered expanses of the Dzyumantsubo area, which means – One Hundred Thousand Tsubo. Earlier, here, on the left bank of the Sumidagawa River,

Hiroshige depicts the junction point of the three important Edo transport rivers, it is Nakagawa, Onagigawa and Sinkava. The Nakagawa River, an offshoot of the Tonegawa River, flowed into the

Hiroshige began his series “One hundred views of Edo” from the image of the snow-covered Nihonbashi bridge. The engraving shows the northern, so-called “fish bank”, between the Nihonbashi and Edobashi

In the early 1730s, during the reign of the eighth Shogun Yoshimune across Japan, famine raged, cholera spread, and more than a million people died. Bakufu ordered to organize a

Hiroshige depicts in this engraving the bridge “Sin-Ohashi”, which means “The New Great Bridge”. The Ohashi Bridge was built on the Sumidagawa River, it was not far from the Regokubasi

Hiroshige does not depict the monastery of Mokubodzi, although he is declared in the name of the leaf. The area of Godzensaikhat is only visible on the horizon. The main

The Sumidagawa River flows east from the Shanjiu Ohashi Bridge, and then turns south, where Ayasegawa flows into it. It is this section of the river that opens to the

The village of Horikiri-mura, which was located to the north of the island of Mukoejima, southwest of the Ayasegawa River, was known for plantations of irises and peonies. Its land

The engraving depicts a procession of samurai that moves along Sotobori – the Outer ditch surrounding the castle of the shogun. This was one of the grandiose events of Tokugawa

From the Kasumigaseki Upland – Mist of Mists, a beautiful view of the Bay of Edovan with whitening sails against the background of the morning sky. The outpost was built

Quay Nihondzutsumi, more precisely a dam, was built by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the first half of the XVII century. In its construction took part daimyo all provinces of