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Meiga no Furusato

Masterpieces and painters, by region. Step into the Japan inside the paintings.

Meiga no Furusato lets you explore, by prefecture, the famous places painted by Hokusai and Hiroshige and the masterpieces you can see in Japanese museums. Each work comes with an explanation of what to look for, the place it depicts, and the life of its painter, in the hope that a painting becomes your reason to visit a town or a museum. It features only works whose copyright term has expired, and its information is compiled from sources such as the museums' public collection data.

FEATURES

  • Find masterpieces from all 47 prefectures, by the place depicted or by the museum that holds them
  • Every work comes with an explanation of its highlights, the place depicted, and the painter's life
  • Five Hokusai and Hiroshige print series, including One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, and the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
  • Masterpieces you can see in Japan, such as works by Sesshu, Hasegawa Tohaku, and El Greco

Meiga no Furusato

Overview

Coverage
438 works, 54 painters, 34 museums
Price
Free