1856, Utagawa Hiroshige, View of Shiba Coast, from 100 Famous Views of Edo [woodblock print] -- Brooklyn Museum

Edo was a port city, receiving ships from around the country. Because Japan engaged in little international trade, the scale of business in Edo Bay was small compared to cities like Guangzhou and Manila or Japan's sole open port at Nagasaki. The print above shows the view from the site of Tokyo's fish market, Tsukiji (now largely relocated to a site across the water and to the left), with the walls of the Hamarikyu Gardens at the right.

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