Sobu Garden, Meiji Shrine (Meiji jingu Sobuen)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1951
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Sobu Garden at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo is the iris garden in the inner grounds of the shrine, its channels of flowing water and thousands of irises in bloom each June making it one of the finest of Tokyo's flower gardens. This 1951 print likely shows the garden in iris season — the purple and white flowers reflected in the water channels — with the shrine's cedar forest providing the deep green enclosure that defines the garden's atmosphere. The shrine's combination of sacred architecture and ornamental garden gave Hasui a richly layered subject.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sobu Garden, Meiji Shrine (Meiji jingu Sobuen) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1951.
Sobu Garden, Meiji Shrine (Meiji jingu Sobuen) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Sobu Garden, Meiji Shrine (Meiji jingu Sobuen) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1951).
Sobu Garden, Meiji Shrine (Meiji jingu Sobuen) depicts temples & shrines and gardens.