Kasumigaseki” (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). In Hiroshige’s time, the hill passing between the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Central Government Buildings No. 2 and 3 was called “Kasumigaseki. Although the actual photo was taken on Shiomizaka, one street next to the hill, the image of the painting remains today (from “Hiroshige’s ‘One Hundred Famous Views of Edo’: A Visit to the Present,” hereafter).
