Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park
東京上野公園 春の夕
- Date:
- 1948
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 23.8 × 36.2 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A five-story pagoda with green tiered roofs rises against a deep blue-violet dusk sky, its dark silhouette offset by a pale yellow full moon. Branches of pink cherry blossoms frame the pagoda on both sides, filling the lower half of the composition, with two small black birds in flight near the pagoda's base. Vertical Japanese text and a red seal appear along the left margin; this is Shiro Kasamatsu's 1948 color woodblock print "Spring Evening at Tokyo Ueno Park."
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Frequently Asked Questions
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).