In the fall of art, the Sumida-ku "Sumida Hokusai Museum" scheduled to open on November 22 has become a hot topic. Therefore, I decided to take up Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858), a ukiyo-e artist who rivals Hokusai and has a connection to Chuo-ku.
As described in the Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia, Hiroshige Utagawa lived in Ogamachi (now Kyobashi) for about 10 years from the age of 53 to his death in 1849.
By the way, when you hear Hiroshige Utagawa, I think that many people think of "Tokaido Goju Sanji" (for those who are more than Arafo, who are familiar 
with Ochazuke seaweed that has been revived for the first time in 20 years), It seems that the most worked on is Edo's famous paintings.
This time, we decided to see "Hundred Famous Views of Edo", which is said to be the culmination.
Among the more than 100 works, there are many set in Chuo-ku, but among them, "Eitai Bridge Tsukuda Shima" (left) and "Tsukuda Shima Sumiyoshi Festival" (right) will be performed.
The scenery of Tsukuda seen from Eitai Bridge has changed completely after about 160 years, but I feel that the enthusiasm of Sumiyoshi's festival once every three years has been handed down to the present day.
There are many books about Hiroshige Utagawa, so it is recommended to go around the stage of the work on a sunny autumn day.
Here are two trivias.
・Edo's famous paintings are very popular as souvenirs to Kunimoto for people who came to Edo from various places, and the price was 32 sentences for two cups of soba (so-called Nihachi soba).
・Hiroshige Utagawa died in the pandemic of cholera in Ansei, which killed more than 100,000 people in Edo alone.
(Both of them were the questions of this year's Edo Cultural History Certification.)
Finally, while walking around Kyobashi the other day, a long-established pharmacy displayed a photo of a Kyobashi trilogy in Hiroshige Utagawa's `` Hundred Views of Edo '', `` Kyobashi, a city that Hiroshige Utagawa loved with soul. It is a masterpiece of a lifetime. " It's really fun to walk around the city.
(Reference Book)
A small museum Hiroshige Utagawa [Hundred Views of Edo] (Seigensha)
Akiba Pharmacy
