Which ukiyo-e series by Hiroshige features 118 prints?

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo is the Hiroshige ukiyo-e series associated with 118 prints. Its Japanese title, Meisho Edo Hyakkei, means “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,” although the surviving series is commonly counted as 118 picture designs.

Hiroshige created the series between 1856 and 1858, near the end of his career. It presents famous places in Edo—modern Tokyo—through changing seasons, including bridges, shrines, rivers, gardens, festivals, and bustling streets. The striking vertical format and dramatic viewpoints helped make it one of the defining achievements of nineteenth-century Japanese landscape printmaking.

The count can cause confusion because some catalogues include an additional replacement design or title sheet, producing totals such as 119 or 120 sheets. The series is also easy to confuse with Hiroshige’s earlier Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, which depict travel routes rather than Edo’s landmarks.