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Yoshida Hatsusaburou 1926 The travel boom in the Taisho era led to the birth of travel groups throughout Japan. The Osaka Travel Club, which published this map, is thought to be one of them. The names of notable places are written on the red strips, and the drawings of railway routes seem to wind their way between them.

Artist: Utagawa Sadahide 1848 (Kaei 1) Known for his premier composition with bird’s-eye view, Sadahide produced many works illustrating Mt. Fuji, and in this work he depicts Mt. Fuji viewing from the right above the crater. If viewers take a closer look at the crater, there is another paper folded in and if it is pulled out, it unfolded three-dimensionally. Also, at the left side of image by the foot of Mt. Fuji, another paper is attached. If one turns over it, a cave appears and people walking inside of the cave are illustrated. The scene illustrated here is the one of the climbing trails of Mt. Fuji “Tainai※１Meguri”, and it was very popular at that time. Utagawa Sadahide Bunka 4~ date of death unknown (1807~) Sadahide was a pupil of Kunisada I, active during Bunsei 9 to Meiji 8 (1826-1875). He exhibited his works at the Paris World Exposition that took place in Keio 2, and became the representative ukiyo-e artist in the exhibition. He won a first prize at the ranking of popular artists in Meiji 1.

Artist: Kubo Shunman c.1809 (c.Bunka 6), No publisher’s seal This is surimono or the privately issued print. Surimono was produced by kyouka poets or haikai poets as the special providing products for the guests of the New Year party. In this work, the typical characteristics of surimono, the elaborated use of color, and the exquisite emboss patterns are identified. The wave, the passage, the beach and the ridgeline of Mt. Fuji are expressed with emboss effect, and gold and silver are applied on the patterns of women’s obi belts. At the upper part of the picture, the kyouka poems are written. Kubo Shunman Hōreki 7~Bunsei 3 (1757~1820) Shunman studied under Katori Nahiko and later became a pupil of Kitao Shigemasa. His style was greatly influenced by Torii Kiyonaga. He was active as an ukiyo-e artist from the mid An’ei era to the Tenmei era (1772-1789), produced many pictures of beautiful women and especially paintings. He preferred not use colorful color such as beni (pale crimson) and the style constrained to use vivid colors “beni-girai” were often seen in his works. He was a virtuoso and involved in wide variety of works such as producing illustrations for kyōka-surimono (privately published book about satirical poems), and hanpon (books printed by woodblocks).

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Utagawa Hiroshige 1830～44 The subjects of tanzaku-e (paintings on strips of fancy paper made for writing poetry) were mainly birds, flowers, and natural beauty. Of all the ukiyo-e artists, Hiroshige produced the most tanzaku-e. This work is accompanied by a poem in Chinese. It looks more like a Chinese landscape painting painted with a brush than an ukiyo-e. As for the composition, it shows a path on Enoshima leading to the cave on the right, while a big wave in the foreground adds an accent. Islands far in the distance are misted over and, along with the depiction of boats, enable the work to exude a profundity of the sort characterizing ink wash paintings.