Cherry Blossoms at Night- Maruyama Park
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Among Yoshikawa's multiple treatments of cherry blossoms at Maruyama Park, this composition belongs to a group of prints that collectively document the artist's sustained engagement with one of Kyoto's defining seasonal experiences. The famous weeping cherry — considered among the finest specimens in Japan — serves as both the visual focal point and the symbolic center of the image, its cascading form linking sky and ground in a sinuous vertical movement. Evening lanterns supply the warm illumination that makes the blossoms appear to glow from within, a lighting condition particularly well-suited to the woodblock medium, which can concentrate luminosity through careful management of color blocks and ground preparation. The print reflects the shin-hanga movement's broader interest in using traditional printing techniques to capture atmospheric and momentary effects previously associated primarily with painting.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cherry Blossoms at Night- Maruyama Park was created by Kanpo Yoshikawa (吉川観方).
Cherry Blossoms at Night- Maruyama Park depicts night scenes.