Onshi Park, Shiba (Shiba Onshi koen)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1937
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Onshi Park in Shiba, published in 1937, depicts the former imperial garden (onshi koen — "granted park") in the Shiba district of Tokyo, opened to the public in 1873 and containing the ancient Zojoji temple and the Tokugawa family mausolea. The park's combination of European-style promenades, the towering red-lacquered Zojoji temple gate, ancient pine and zelkova trees, and the visible Tokyo Tower hill gave Shiba park a layered historical atmosphere in the late 1930s. The oban format gives the composition room for the park's spacious plantings and the architectural presence of its temple structures.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Onshi Park, Shiba (Shiba Onshi koen) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1937.
Onshi Park, Shiba (Shiba Onshi koen) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1937).
Onshi Park, Shiba (Shiba Onshi koen) depicts urban scenes, temples & shrines, and gardens.