Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa (Edogawa-ku Zen'yoji Hoshifuri matsu), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)"
- Date:
- 1935
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A large, sprawling pine with dark blue-green foliage dominates the composition, its heavy horizontal branches propped up on a lattice of thin wooden support poles radiating outward at ground level. Behind it stands a tiled temple roof with white gable trim and a stone-and-plaster wall, set against a gradient blue sky; a smaller rounded tree grows just to the pine's left. The palette is limited to indigo blues, ochre yellow, and cream, giving the scene a flat, graphic quality typical of the print's woodblock technique. This is Kishio Koizumi's 1935 oban print "Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa," from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa (Edogawa-ku Zen'yoji Hoshifuri matsu), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" was created by Kishio Koizumi (小泉癸巳男) in 1935.
Yes — Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa (Edogawa-ku Zen'yoji Hoshifuri matsu), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" is part of the One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era series by Kishio Koizumi.
Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa (Edogawa-ku Zen'yoji Hoshifuri matsu), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and temples & shrines, set at Tokyo.