Spring scene Arashiyama

Spring at Arashiyama means cherry blossoms—the slopes facing Togetsukyo bridge are densely planted with sakura that draw crowds during hanami season. The print likely shows the Hozu and Katsura River in the middle ground with blossoming trees massed on the hillside above, and possibly figures or boats below. Tokuriki renders cherry blossom through pale pink keyblocks layered with denser pink and white accents, sometimes leaving washi unprinted to suggest highlights of petals catching light. Gradient bokashi in the river or sky pulls the eye through the composition. The subject sits at the intersection of meisho-e and the seasonal-cycle tradition that Japanese landscape printmaking inherited from waka and haiku. Tokuriki produced numerous Arashiyama prints across decades, varying the season, weather, and time of day in an iterative practice that recalls Hiroshige's serial approach to Edo-period landscape.