$1,000–$15,000. Common landscapes: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Kasamatsu's early shin-hanga works (pre-1955) tend to be more valued than his later sosaku-hanga production.
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.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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.
