One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Takada-no-baba Riding Ground
Painted by Utagawa Hiroshige I 1857 (Ansei 4) Tokyo Shiryō Collection 0512-C5

This depicts the vicinity of what is now Nishi-Waseda 3-chome. A riding ground was established in 1636 (the thirteenth of Kan'ei) as a practice ground for the shogun's direct retainers.


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