Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
Koraku-en Park in Tokyo — one of the city's most celebrated gardens, incorporating both traditional Japanese and Chinese garden elements — is depicted from the 1893 series "Famous Places in Tokyo" (Tokyo meisho zue). Shuntei renders the garden with the topographic specificity of the meisho-e tradition: the identifiable features of the designed landscape, the seasonal character of the plantings, the specific quality of a park simultaneously celebrating traditional garden aesthetics and serving the recreational needs of a modernizing city.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Koraku-en / Koraku-en Park / Tokyo meisho zue / Famous Places in Tokyo was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1893 (1 September;printing; 5 September;published).
Koraku-en / Koraku-en Park / Tokyo meisho zue / Famous Places in Tokyo depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and gardens, set at Tokyo.
