One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Meguro Moto-Fuji
Painted by Utagawa Hiroshige I 1857 (Ansei 4) Tokyo Shiryō Collection 0511-C62

Meguro Moto-Fuji is a 12m high man-made Mt. Fuji at Kami Meguro, Meguro Ward built by a Fuji-worshipping group of Meguro in 1812 (the ninth year of Bunka). Asama Shrine was dedicated at the summit, just as on the real Mt. Fuji and at the opening of the mountain on June 1st, many would come on pilgrimages.


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