Ueno Park
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Ueno Park — Tokyo's first public park, established in 1873 on the grounds of the former Kan'ei-ji temple — is rendered in Hiratsuka's 1929 color woodblock as a Taisho-era urban landscape. The park's cherry trees, museum buildings, and zoo made it the cultural center of the capital, and Hiratsuka's print captures this civic gathering place with the warm color palette of his early urban series.
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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)"
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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)"
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ueno Park was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1929.
Ueno Park depicts urban scenes and gardens, set at Ueno.