131004-0108-OS - Edo Bay

Birds fly over A-frame channel markers and boats plying the waters of Edo Bay at Shibaura in Edo (current Tokyo), 1856 (Ansei 3). On the right, Hamarikyu Gardens can be seen.

This woodblock print is image 108 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 20 winter scenes in the series.

Title: View of Shiba Coast (芝うらの風景, Shibaura no fukei)

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