Map of the 100 Famous Views of Edo

100 Famous View of Edo is a series of woodblock prints of Tokyo by Japanese artist Hiroshige. Edo is Tokyo’s historic name. 

I recently saw a couple of these online and wondered if there was a map showing the locations of these prints. Of course there is!

The map appears in Henry Smith and Amy Poster’s book, considered the definitive reference to the series. The map image above is from  Columbia University. 

The print at the top is number 50 in the series, titled “Kumano Jūnisha Shrine at Tsunohazu, known as ‘Jūnisō’“. Located in Shinjuku it’s the furthest west dot on the map.

The Wikipedia listing has a table listing each print with an image, title and geographic coordinates. Somebody with more time and better programming skills could make a nice interactive map from this table with popups at each location.

Another famous Hiroshige series is the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō. So is there a map of these? Yes!

-via Gallery Thane

Tōkaidō means eastern sea road. It connected Edo to Kyoto, running along the southern coast for about 500 kilometers. Stations were post stations with accommodations, food and other services. Here is station 2 in Kawasaki where travelers cross the Tama River by ferry as Mount Fuji looms in the distance.

Click here to see a full collection of his woodblock prints.