Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Evening Moon at Ryōgoku

Utagawa Hiroshige · Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper; horizontal ōban · Edo period, c. 1831–32 · Tokyo National Museum

Look at the water first: does the blue fade to white, or is it one solid blue? That is one way to tell an early impression from a later one.

Exhibition: Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan — Tokyo National Museum · 2026-09-29 – 2026-12-20