Cherry Blossoms at the Tôshôgû Shrine in Ueno (Sakura, Ueno Tôshôgû)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Cherry blossoms explode along the approach to Ueno's Toshogu Shrine, the stone lanterns of the path half-obscured by drifts of pale petals. Kasamatsu depicted this shrine complex multiple times, finding in the combination of seventeenth-century shrine architecture and spring cherry blossom one of Tokyo's most reliably beautiful seasonal spectacles. Ueno's cherry groves had been a public gathering place since the Edo period, and his image captures both the architectural permanence of the shrine and the brief, celebrated transience of bloom.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cherry Blossoms at the Tôshôgû Shrine in Ueno (Sakura, Ueno Tôshôgû) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Cherry Blossoms at the Tôshôgû Shrine in Ueno (Sakura, Ueno Tôshôgû) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Cherry Blossoms at the Tôshôgû Shrine in Ueno (Sakura, Ueno Tôshôgû) depicts urban scenes, cherry blossoms, and temples & shrines, set at Ueno.