"Hyakkaen" — "Garden of a Hundred Flowers" — was the name of a real garden in Edo (in the Mukojima district along the Sumida River) famous for its seasonal plantings. This print likely documents a gathering or excursion to this well-known pleasure garden, which attracted poets, artists, and leisure-seekers throughout the year. Utamaro frequently depicted named Edo locations as settings for bijin-ga or genre scenes.
![A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi") by Kitagawa Utamaro](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ed82be98-8a83-4163-ccc4-e2f7210cce55/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
c. 1794/95
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1793
color woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hyakkaen was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿).
Hyakkaen depicts figures, bijin-ga, and gardens.
