131003-0042-OS - Shinjuku Sakura

People enjoying the cherry blossom along the Tamagawa Aqueduct (玉川上水, Tamagawa Josui) in Shinjuku, just outside Edo (current Tokyo), 1856 (Ansei 3).

This location is right next to where the South Exit of Shinjuku Station stands today.

This woodblock print is image 42 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景, Meisho Edo Hyakkei), a series created by ukiyoe artist Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重, 1797–1858).

It is one of 42 spring scenes in the series.

Title: Cherry Blossoms on the Banks of the Tama River (玉川堤の花, Tamagawa tsutsumi no hana)

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