March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine)
三月 (北野天満宮梅花)
三月 (北野天満宮梅花)
March's entry in the monthly Kyoto series focuses on plum blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto's most celebrated plum viewing destination. Tokuriki's rendering of the early spring blossoms against the shrine architecture captures the transitional season beautifully. Unsodo-published impressions typically sell for $75-$300, with examples showing strong pink and white pigment saturation at the upper end of that range.
Plum blossoms open at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in March, the ancient shrine to the scholar-deity Tenjin celebrated for its plum garden that attracts pilgrims every year in this third month of Tokuriki's "Twelve Months of Kyoto." Kitano Tenmangu's plum — over a thousand trees blooming in the shrine's orchard — was for centuries the signal that spring was arriving in Kyoto, the plum preceding the cherry by several weeks and carrying a different, more austere beauty. Tokuriki renders the shrine and its blossoms with characteristically warm precision.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine) (三月 (北野天満宮梅花)) was created by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎) in second half 20th century.
Yes — March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine) is part of the Twelve Months of Kyoto series (print 3 of 12) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki.
March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine) uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print, ink and color on paper.
March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine) was published by Unsodo (second half 20th century).
March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine) depicts temples & shrines and food & drink.
March (Plum Blossoms at the Kitano Shrine) measures 25.1 × 28.3 cm (Chuban format).
