New green leaves at Zenpukuji Pond in Suginami Ward
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
Zenpukuji Pond, the spring-fed source of the Zenpukuji River in Suginami Ward, lies in western Tokyo and was preserved as a public park during the prewar expansion of the capital. Koizumi records the pond in late spring -- the wakaba season of new leaves -- when the surrounding trees flush a clear yellow-green that the artist registers through layered color blocks and bokashi gradients in the foliage. The water is treated as a flat reflective plane with subtle tonal variation rather than the linear ripple patterns of Edo-period waterscape conventions. The print belongs to Dai Tokyo Hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo, 1928-1940), the hundred-view series in which Koizumi systematically inventoried the temples, ponds, parks, and modern landmarks of the expanded metropolis, including the suburban wards that had been incorporated into Tokyo proper only in 1932 under the Greater Tokyo administrative reform.
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