Cherry Blossom Viewing on the Banks of the Sumida River — 隅田提堤釣堀聞る処
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This hanami scene depicts the seasonal cherry blossom viewing along the Sumida River embankment, one of Edo-period Tokyo's most celebrated spring gathering places. Kiyochika characteristically uses artificial and natural light to anchor the composition — lanterns hung among the blossoms cast warm pools against the evening sky, a technique central to his kosen-ga approach. Figures move through the space in silhouette or partial illumination, their forms softened by atmospheric haze. The Sumida embankment setting, known as the Sumida Tsutsumi, had been a hanami destination since the early Edo period, and Kiyochika frames the tradition against the accelerating modernization visible in the background architecture. Bokashi gradations in the sky shift from indigo to pale grey, giving the scene its characteristically moody atmospheric depth.
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Cherry Blossom Viewing on the Banks of the Sumida River — 隅田提堤釣堀聞る処 was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Cherry Blossom Viewing on the Banks of the Sumida River — 隅田提堤釣堀聞る処 depicts landscapes.