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''One Hundred Famous Views of Edo'' (in Japanese 名所江戸百景 ''Meisho Edo Hyakkei'' ) is a series of ukiyo-e prints begun and largely completed by the Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797–1858). The prints were first published in serialized form in 1856–59, with Hiroshige II completing the series after Hiroshige's death. It was tremendously popular and much reprinted. ==History== Hiroshige painted in the style of the Utagawa school, a 19th-century popular style in woodblock prints, much favoured during his lifetime. Increasingly large series of prints were produced this trend can be seen in Hiroshige’s work, such as The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Many publishing houses arose and grew, publishing both books and individual prints. A publisher's ownership of the physical woodblocks used to print a given text or image constituted the closest equivalent to a concept of "copyright" that existed at this time. Woodblock prints such as these were produced in large numbers in 18th- and 19th-century Japan, created by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers. Prints such as these were called ukiyo-e, which means 'pictures of the floating world'. This world was one of transient delights and changing fashions centred on the licensed pleasure districts and popular theatres found in the major cities of Japan. In the years 1829–36 an illustrated guide ''Pictures of famous places of Edo'' (, Edo meisho zue) was published. It had been begun by Saitō Yukio (1737–1799) in 1790 and was completed by his Yukitaka and his grandchild Yukinari. This guide in seven volumes was illustrated by Hasegawa Settan (1778–1848) very accurately. Pictures and texts describe the important temples and shrines, but also the famous stores, restaurants, tea-houses etc. In addition, Edo with Sumida river and its channels, but also the surrounding landscape is depicted. Hiroshige, in several cases, makes use of this guide for his series of colour prints (s. below and within the list). It is a work that inspired a number of Western artists, including Vincent van Gogh, to experiment with imitations of Japanese methods.〔Tim Clark, "Hiroshige Utagawa", in ''Makers of Nineteenth-Century Culture'', ed. Justin Wintle, vol. 2 (Routledge, 1981), pp. 292–93.〕 File:Suruga chô.jpg|Suruga-chō by Hasegawa File:100 views edo 008.jpg|Suruga-chō by Hiroshige File:Senzoku ike.jpg|Senzoku pond by Hasegawa File:100 views edo 110.jpg|Senzoku pond by Hiroshige 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「One Hundred Famous Views of Edo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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