Ueno koenchi
by Inoue Yasuji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
Description
Ueno Park — established in 1873 on the grounds of the former Kanei-ji temple complex — was Japan's first Western-style public park, and Yasuji documented it frequently as one of the new Meiji city's most significant civic spaces. The park grounds combined surviving temple structures with new museum buildings, a zoo, and concert venues, creating a hybrid space that embodied the Meiji synthesis of tradition and modernity. Yasuji's view of the park captures this eclectic character, the old temple landscape now serving the leisure needs of a modern urban population.
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
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Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ueno koenchi was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
Ueno koenchi depicts urban scenes, set at Ueno.