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Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs

Koumezutsumi

A water channel embankment that stretched north from the Genmori-gawa River. The people travelling to the temples and shrines of Mukojima to worship passed through and there were many tea stalls, making the area bustling. The restaurant "Oguraan" is famous.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

名所江戸百景 小梅堤

小梅堤

〔江戸高名会亭尽〕 本所小梅

本所小梅

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!