Dining out was, and still is, a favorite pastime of the Japanese. In this series of prints Hiroshige depicts some of the most famous, upscale dining destinations in the capital […]
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 - 1858
Azalea in Maruyama, from the series Eight Views of Ikaho
Hako-ō Maru Meets Kudō Suketsune, from the series Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers
Act 9, from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Honzo’s wife arrives at Yarunosuke’s home in Yamashina to plead to allow the marriage between Konami and Yarunosuke’s son Rikiya, but is refused. Just then Honzo arrives and in order […]
No. 4 Kanagawa, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of Tōkaidō
No.31 Arai from the series Fifty-Three Stations of Tōkaidō
Inaba, Karo and Koyama, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces
Introduction, from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
The Chushingura is a tale set in the Edo period (1615-1868). It was written about 1748 for the puppet theater, but is now most famous as a Kabuki play. It […]