#10. Ueno
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Ueno hill, dominated by the great Kaneiji temple complex, was one of the most celebrated cherry blossom sites in Edo. This numbered view depicts the area around the Shinobazu Pond and the temple precincts, a landscape that drew both pilgrims and pleasure-seekers. Hiroshige depicted Ueno repeatedly, each version responding to a different season or time of day.
More Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
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
Color lithograph
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
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
#10. Ueno was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
#10. Ueno depicts urban scenes, set at Ueno.