NHK History Detective: Ukiyoe Master Hiroshige

National broadcaster NHK airs a program on Wednesday evenings called 歴史探偵, or 'History Detective'. Yesterday evening's theme was Edo Era artist Hiroshige, master of ukiyoe. His best-known series, which depicts 53 scenes from the post towns along the old Tokai Road linking Edo and Kyoto, contains striking examples of artistic license, as this clip reveals. Registration required to watch the full episode. (Including the start at Nihonbashi and finish, Sanjo Ohashi, the full series runs to 55 prints.) For the complete series, see here .