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Ueno Toshogu Shrine by Shiro Kasamatsu — Japanese Woodblock print, 1953

Ueno Toshogu Shrine

上野東照宮

by Shiro Kasamatsu

Date:
1953
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Dimensions:
24 × 36 cm
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

The image doesn't match the given metadata. This is a hanging scroll (kakejiku) painting — ink and light color on silk, with cloth brocade mounting borders, a brushed signature, and a red seal — depicting two quail (one brown, one white/pale) beside drooping foxtail millet or similar grass, not a woodblock print of Ueno Toshogu Shrine architecture. A 1953 Kasamatsu print of a shrine would show torii/buildings, not birds-and-grass on a scroll mount.

Given this contradiction, I don't think I should write a description that forces these facts onto this image — that would fabricate a match that isn't there. Given the project context (Stage 4 vision contradiction work), this looks like exactly the kind of image/metadata mismatch that stage is meant to catch. Want me to flag this as a contradiction rather than produce a description, or do you have the correct image file for this record?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Ueno Toshogu Shrine (上野東照宮) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪) in 1953.

Ueno Toshogu Shrine uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.

Ueno Toshogu Shrine was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).

Ueno Toshogu Shrine depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines, set at Tokyo, Ueno.

Ueno Toshogu Shrine measures 24 × 36 cm (Oban format).