Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs

Fukagawa Jumantsubo

This was an area which was reclaimed using dirt from throughout Edo in 1723, when Senda Shobei applied for development of new reclaimed field land. After being called Jumantsubo, it came to be called Senda Shinden (new Senda land). It is said that at the time it was an unpopular and dreary area.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

名所江戸百景 深川洲崎十万坪

深川洲崎十万坪

The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!

The NDL Gallery is online content that you can enjoy using the digitized materials of the National Diet Library. It also provides information on exhibitions in the National Diet Library.

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The NDL Digital Exhibitions features the NDL’s unique collections with explanations covering various themes such as nishiki-e, landscape photographs and historical materials. Discover your favorites!