Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)
諸国名所百景 大和吉野山
- Date:
- 1859
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama) is one of the canonical cherry-blossom sheets in Hiroshige II's One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) of 1859. Yoshino in Yamato Province (modern Nara Prefecture) had been since the Nara period one of the most celebrated cherry-blossom (sakura) sites of Japan: the sequence of Shimo Senbon, Naka Senbon, Kami Senbon, and Oku Senbon ('Lower / Middle / Upper / Inner Thousand Trees') groves blossomed in succession up the mountain in early April, and the site is woven into classical waka literature and Buddhist pilgrimage history. Hiroshige II's composition uses the tall vertical ōban format to render the massed pink and white blossoms across the slope of the mountain, with small temple buildings tucked into the trees and clouds wreathing the upper register. The print exemplifies the way Shokoku meisho hyakkei systematically gathered the famous meisho of classical poetry and recast them in the visual language of late Edo print culture. The Art Institute of Chicago impression (1939.2287) is part of the Bruce Goff Archive given by Shin'enkan, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) (諸国名所百景 大和吉野山) was created by Utagawa Hiroshige II (二代目歌川広重) in 1859.
Yes — Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) is part of the One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces series by Utagawa Hiroshige II.
Mount Yoshino, Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshinoyama), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei) depicts landscapes and famous places (meisho-e).