Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

Vanity of Vanities

Katsushika Hokusai

Fuchu: Miroku nichome, Abekawa (Fuchu, Abekawa Miroku nichome), no. 20 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the Vertical Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige

Numazu: Twilight (Numazu, tasogare zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Ferry Landing on Miya River, Ise Province (Ise Miyakawa no watashiba) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

Niijuku Ferry (Niijuku no watashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Bell at Shomyo (Shomyo bansho), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Basho's Hut on Camellia Hill Beside the Aquaduct at Sekiguchi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Clear Weather at Susaki (Susaki seiran), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Returning Sails at Kanazawa, View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"

Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II)

No. 14: Takasaki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 25: Yawata, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki, Chiryu, and Narumi, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi