Hiroshige II's series 'Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo' (1860)

Introduction

The title of each individual print is in the scroll cartouche to the left of the vertical rectangular series title cartouche; the number of each print is on the rolled up edge of the scroll.

The series dates from close to the start of Hiroshige II's career, when he was about thirty-four years old. At this point, he had just started using the name 'Hiroshige', since his master Hiroshige I had just died (in 1858), and Hiroshige II had taken over the gō 'Hiroshige'; the prints in this series are signed 'Hiroshige'.

Technical details

• Dates: 1860 (Man'en 1), 12th month - 1861 (Bunkyū 1), 1st month
• Size: chūban
• Signed: Hiroshige
• Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō)

The Prints

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Images	Large Image	Number	Date	Title (Kanji)	Title (Romaji)	Title (English)
		Title Page	1860/12
		#1	1860/12	日本橋 魚市	Nihon-bashi uoichi	Fish Market at Nihon-bashi
		#2	1860-1861/?	一石ばし夕景	Ichikoku-bashi yūkei	Evening View of the Ichikoku Bridge
		#3	1860/12	するが町	Suruga-machi	Suruga District
		#4	1860-1861/?	廿六夜まち之図	Kudanzaka, Nijūrokuya machi no zu	Kudanzaka: The Moon-awaiting Festival on the night of the Twenty-sixth
		#5	1860/12	御茶乃水夕景	Ochanomizu yūkei	Evening View of Ochanomizu
		#6	1860-1861/?	駿河台月夜	Suruga-dai getsuya	Moonlit Night at Suruga Heights
		#7	1861/1	神田明神	Kanda Myōjin	Kanda Myōjin Shrine
		#8	1860-1861/?	湯島天神	Yushima Tenjin	Yushima Tenjin Shrine
		#9	1860/12	不忍池弁天	Shinobazu-ike Benten	Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond
		#10	1860-1861/?	上野清水堂	Ueno Kiyomizu-dō	Kiyomizu Hall at Ueno
		#11	1861/1	根津権現	Nezu Gongen	Nezu Gongen Shrine
		#12	1860-1861/?	日ぐらしの里	Higurashi no sato	Higurashi Village
		#13	1860/12	飛鳥山花見	Asuka-yama hanami	Cherry-blossom Viewing at Mount Asuka
		#14	1860-1861/?	王子瀧の川	Ōji Takino-gawa	Waterfall River at Ōji
		#15	1860/1	王子稲荷	Ōji Inari	Inari Shrine at Ōji
		#16	1860-1861/?	堀きり花菖蒲	Horikiri hanashōbu	Irises at Horikiri
		#17	1861/1	すみ田川	Sumida-gawa	Sumida River
		#18	1860-1861/?	新よし原	Shin Yoshiwara	The New Yoshiwara
	891KB	#19	1861/1	真乳山	Matsuchi-yama	Mount Matsuchi
		#20	1860-1861/?	猿若町	Saruwaka-machi	Saruwaka District
		#21	1860/12	浅草金龍山	Asakusa Kinryūzan	Kinryūzan Temple at Asakusa
	914KB	#22	1860-1861/?	両国大花火	Ryōgoku ōhanabi	Great Fireworks Display at Ryōgoku Bridge
		#23	1860/12	柳し満 妙見	Yanagishima Myōken	Myōkendo Temple at Yanagishima
		#24	1860-1861/?	亀戸梅やしき	Kameido umeyashiki	Plum Garden at Kameido
		#25	1860-1861/?	亀戸天神	Kameido Tenjin	Kameido Tenjin Shrine
		#26	1860-1861/?	五百羅漢	Gohyaku Rakan	Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats
		#27	1861/1	すさき弁天	Susaki Benten	Benten Shrine at Susaki
		#28	1860-1861/?	深川八幡	Fukagawa Hachiman	Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa
		#29	1861/1	永代ばし	Eitai-bashi	Eitai Bridge
		#30	1860-1861/?	佃し満	Tsukuda-jima	Tsukuda Island
		#31	1861/1	鉄砲洲稲荷	Teppōzu Inari	Inari Shrine at Teppōzu
		#32	1860-1861/?	芝神明	Shiba Shinmei	Shiba Shinmei Shrine
		#33	1861/1	増上寺	Zōjō-ji	Zōjō Temple
		#34	1860-1861/?	金杉橋	Kanasugi-bashi	Kanasugi Bridge
		#35	1861/1	高輪秋月	Takanawa shūgetsu	Autumn Moon at Takanawa
		#36	1860-1861/?	御殿山満花	Goten-yama manka	Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Goten Hill
		#37	1861/1	海案寺紅葉	Kaian-ji kōyō	Red Maple Leaves at Kaian Temple
		#38	1860-1861/?	目黒不動	Meguro Fudō	Fudō Temple at Meguro
		#39	1861/1	赤羽根水天宮	Akabane Suitengū	Suiten Shrine at Akabane
		#40	1860-1861/?	愛宕山雪中	Atago-san setchū	Mount Atago in Snow
		#41	1861/1	葵坂	Aoi-zaka	Aoi Slope
		#42	1861/1	霞ヶ関	Kasumigaseki	Kasumigaseki
		#43	1861/1	山王権現	Sannō Gongen	Sannō Gongen Shrine
		#44	1860-1861/?	赤坂紀国さか	Akasaka Kinokuni-zaka	Kinokuni Slope in Akasaka
		#45	1861/1	角筈熊野十二社	Tsunohazu Kumano jūnisha	Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu
		#46	1860-1861/?	市ヶ谷八幡	Ichigaya Hachiman	Hachiman Shrine at Ichigaya
		#47	1861/1	桜田外上	Sakurada-soto jō	On the Hill outside the Sakurada Gate
		#48	1860-1861/?	すきやがし	Sukiya-gashi	Sukiya Embankment

Acknowledgements