One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Plum Estate, Kameido

Utagawa Hiroshige · Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper; vertical ōban · Edo period, 11th month of 1857 (Ansei 4) · Tokyo National Museum

Hiroshige brings the viewer face to face with the most famous tree in Edo.

Exhibition: Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan — Tokyo National Museum · –