Sumida Park
by Oda Kazuma
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Sumida Park, established in 1931 along the west bank of the Sumida River in the Taito ward, became immediately one of Tokyo's most beloved public spaces — its cherry trees, open lawns, and views across the river providing a rare expanse of open space in the dense city. Kazuma's 1930 color woodblock print of the park (perhaps anticipating or documenting the park's creation) captures the Japanese taste for combining natural beauty, water, and public gathering in a single designed space. The park's cherry trees would quickly become among the most celebrated in Tokyo.
More Prints by Oda Kazuma
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
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
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sumida Park was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨) in 1930.
Sumida Park depicts urban scenes, cherry blossoms, and spring.