Ueno Park
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Ueno Park — the great public park in northern Tokyo that contains not only cherry trees and museums but the Shinobazu Pond and the Ueno Zoo — is depicted in this 1926 print. Henmi was one of the co-creators of One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, the landmark series that mapped the modern city through sosaku-hanga prints, and his Ueno compositions sit within that larger project of documenting Tokyo as a living, changing urban landscape. The park was a democratic space where all classes of Tokyoites gathered.
More Prints by Henmi Takashi
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
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Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ueno Park was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享) in 1926.
Ueno Park depicts urban scenes, set at Ueno.