“Suruga-chō” from the Series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" 

Depicted here is Suruga-chō, located in what is now Nihonbashi in Tokyo. It was so named after Suruga Province in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, where Mt. Fuji is located, for its view of the famous mountain. Echigoya, the shop with blue curtains here, is now the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Nihonbashi today.

Cultural property designation

Quantity

Artist

By Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)

Period/Century

Edo period, 1856

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Woodblock print ([nishiki-e])

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Collection reference no.

A-10569-7295

Genre

Painting

Category

Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Ukiyo-e