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Tokyo Meisho: 100 Views of Tokyo in the Meiji Period (2026 Collector & Historical Guide)
"Disambiguation Note: While "100 Views" often evokes Hiroshige’s Edo-era masterpiece, "Tokyo Meisho" in the Meiji era specifically designates the woodblock print series produced between 1868 and 1912—most notably Kobayashi Kiyochika’s pioneering "Tokyo Meisho Zu" and related works by Inoue Yasuji and Hiroshige III—chronicling Japan’s rapid westernization, industrialization, and architectural transformation. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 transformed Edo, the seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate, into Tokyo, the modern capital of imperial Japan. This ideological and physical reinvention necessitated a radical evolution in Japanese printmaking (ukiyo-e..."
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