Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park
東京上野公園 春の夕
東京上野公園 春の夕
Ueno Park in the soft light of a spring evening, with cherry blossoms overhead, is one of Tokyo's most beloved seasonal sights. This Watanabe-published print captures that ephemeral moment between daylight and darkness. Lifetime editions sell for $1,200-$2,800. The combination of spring blossoms and evening atmosphere elevates this above standard cherry blossom scenes.
Ueno Park on a spring evening in 1948 — just three years after the end of the war — shows the cherry trees in full bloom over a public space being reclaimed for ordinary peacetime pleasure after years of wartime privation. Kasamatsu's postwar Ueno print captures a particular historical moment as much as a seasonal one: the spring evening of 1948 was the first time in many years that Tokyo's citizens could enjoy hanami without the shadow of air raids and material shortage. The blossoms and the figures beneath them carry this historical weight.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park (東京上野公園 春の夕) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪) in 1948.
Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1948).
Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park depicts urban scenes, spring, and night scenes, set at Tokyo, Ueno.
Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park measures 23.8 × 36.2 cm (Oban format).
