A View Inside Ueno Park
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Chazen Museum of Art
Ueno Park — created from the grounds of the Kanei-ji temple complex after the 1868 battle that ended Tokugawa rule — became one of Meiji Tokyo's principal public spaces, and Kiyochika documented it in multiple works. This undated view captures an interior scene of the park: paths lined with trees, perhaps in cherry blossom or early autumn colour, with strolling visitors suggesting the new culture of public leisure that Ueno embodied. The park's dual identity as both a modern civic amenity and a haunted Tokugawa ruin fascinated Kiyochika.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A View Inside Ueno Park was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
A View Inside Ueno Park depicts urban scenes, set at Ueno.
