Landscape and Legend

Utagawa Hiroshige

Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo

1857

Color woodblock print, 33.3 × 22 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago

A golden eagle swoops over a snowy shore, its wings spanning the top of the sheet.

• Below lies Edo Bay, now Tokyo Bay, seen from high above.
• One of the most popular designs in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
• The aerial view is one his viewers could only imagine.

Image: Art Institute of Chicago open access · CC0