"Hiroshige's series is a loving tribute to a city, rendered with an insider's knowledge. The exhibition celebrates the formal qualities of the prints, which were radical in their own time, but it also decodes details in the Views to reveal the distinctive characteristics of Edo's many neighborhoods. Hiroshige's original audience would have enjoyed the prints for their ability to capture the beauty and culture of a city they knew well. It can be difficult to imagine that these bucolic landscapes would turn into Tokyo, but our aim is to help understand that transition by rooting the Views in real life," says Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator, Asian Art.
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