Utagawa Yoshikazu
1853

The Minamoto-no-Yoriie, son of Yoritomo, also carried out a hunting trip at the foot of Mt. Fuji in 1203, recreating his father’s spectacle of a hunt. Nitta-no-Shirō Tadatsune, who had been a part of Yoritomo’s hunt, also participated in Yoriie’s. At this “great hunt”in 1203, Tadatsune was ordered by Yoriie to explore a cave they came upon. The scene illustrated in this print is the goddess Konohana Sakuya-hime (on the left), a goddess enshrined at Sengen shrine known for Mt. Fuji worship, appears in front of Tadatsune (on the right) when he entered the cave.
The name “Yoritomo” appears in the title, however, as the legend of Tadatsune and the hitoana cave is linked to Yoriie’s “great hunt” it is thought that the publishers had either mixed the historical hunts together or confused the historic figures during production.

Artist unknown

The story “The Tunnel of Mt. Fuji” became a kabuki play, “Meiji-za Shin-Kyougen (The new Meiji period style kabuki drama performed at Meiji-za Theatre”. The picture illustrated by Utagawa Yoshikazu recreates the scene in the play in a form of kumiage-e, the illustrated paper diorama. Kumiage-e (literary means “building up a picture”) was sometimes called kumiage-dourou (building up a lantern), which is a type of “omocha-e”, a toy ukiyo-e picture and it was very popular during the Edo to Meiji period. Kumiage-e was a paper craft enjoyed by cutting out the picture and making three-dimensional diorama.

Utagawa Yoshitora
1860

This work is painted in a manner to make the Tōkaidō and Kōshū Kaidō post road routes leading to Mt. Fuji clear to the viewer. The yellow tags indicate stations on the Kōshū Kaidō, and the blue tags, stations on the Tōkaidō. The red tags are inscribed with the names of sacred places, temples, and shrines. This painting was made in 1860, which corresponded to the 57th year in the sexagenary cycle. It is therefore thought that it was published in time for use in this year, which is associated with Mt. Fuji.
The portrayal of Fujisawa at lower left contains the inscriptions “Yugyō-ji Temple” and first torii on Enoshima, with depictions of a small torii and Daigiribashi Bridge (the present-day Yugyō-ji Bridge). Also, Yotsuya, adjacent to Fujisawa, depicts the characters first torii Ōyama and a torii, suggesting that the torii gates standing at the Yotsuya intersection (now around Jōnan, Fujisawa City) was recognized as the starting point of the Ōyama Road at that time.

Ochiai Yoshiiku
1860

Published in a Kōshin year, a propitious "Goen-doshi" for Mt. Fuji, much like No. , this piece is thought to have aimed at promoting pilgrimages to the sacred mountain. The signboard depicted in the upper right of the artwork is believed to represent actual signs placed in post towns, announcing that it was a Kōshin year and that women were granted permission to ascend. Ordinarily, women were prohibited from climbing Mt. Fuji beyond the second station. Even during a Kōshin year, it is understood that their ascent was typically restricted to approximately the fifth station. The official lifting of the ban on women's climbing occurred in 1872 (Meiji 5) with the abolition of the nyonin kekkai (women's exclusion zones) in shrines and temples.

Utagawa Yoshifuji
1860

Mt. Fuji is believed to have appeared in the year of Kōshin and it was said that climbing it in this year would bring the same benefits as climbing 33 times. The year Manen 1 (1860), when this work was painted, was a Kōshin year, a special Goen-doshi (auspicious year), and restrictions on women's entry were also relaxed. Consequently, women are depicted among the crowd in the painting. The scene of many Fujikō believers making their pilgrimage conveys the flourishing state of Fuji-mode (Mt. Fuji pilgrimage) at the time.

Utagawa Hiroshige
1854

A woman enjoys relaxing in a room with a view of Mt. Fuji at Iwamoto-in Inn of Enoshima Island.
Iwamoto-in was a temple and also functioned as a lodging facility for lords and officials. By the Edo period, it had become a popular hotel for commoners traveling as well.

Utagawa Yoshitoyo
1862

This is a travelling sugoroku game starting from Nihonbashi Bridge to the destination of Kyoto. Many side roads such as Kanazawa road starts from Hodogaya and Tostuka, Oyama Road starts from Yotsuya, Minobu Road extends across the Fuji River and Akiha Road starts from Kakegawa are illustrated. The Kanazawa Road starts from Noukendou, and going through the Kanazawa (Hakkei), Myojin of Seto Shrine, Koumyouji Temple, Tsurugaoka Shrine, Daibutsu (The Great Buddha), Yui-ga-hama Beach, Shichiri-ga-hama Beach, Enoshima Island and continues to Fujisawa. Oyama Street starts from Yotsuya to the destination of Odawara via Mae-Futou , Oyama-Sekison-Daigongen, Douryougu (Douryouson) and Saijou-ji Temple of Mt. Daiyuzan.

Utagawa Yoshifuji 1860