One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival

Utagawa Hiroshige · Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper; vertical ōban · Edo period, 7th month of 1857 (Ansei 4) · Tokyo National Museum

Long bamboo poles hung with paper for the Tanabata festival, said to be the view from Hiroshige's own house.

Exhibition: Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan — Tokyo National Museum · 2026-09-29 – 2026-12-20