Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs

Tori-itchome

A town located to the south of Nihonbashi, spreading along both sides along the Tokaido Highway. The main street (present day Chuo Dori Street) featured a collection of several famous stores including Shirokiya and Suharaya, Edo's largest book store, and flourished as Edo's main street.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

名所江戸百景 日本橋通一丁目略図

日本橋通一丁目略図

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!