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Blooming Cherry at Toshogu Shrine

A work made of color woodblock print.

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  • A work made of color woodblock print.

Date:

1935

Artist:

Kasamatsu Shiro 笠松紫浪
Japanese, 1898–1991

About this artwork

Here, Kasamatsu Shirō showed cherry trees at the peak of their bloom in Ueno Park. The park is still the prime location for cherry blossom viewing in Tokyo today. Kasamatsu specialized in nostalgic, seasonal images of famous locations; Blooming Cherry at Tōshōgū Shrine is one of his most celebrated prints. Most of his early prints were destroyed in the great Kantō earthquake of 1923, but his output after that incident and later in life was prolific.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Kasamatsu Shiro

Title

Blooming Cherry at Toshogu Shrine

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1935

Medium

Color woodblock print

Dimensions

36.5 × 24.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.

Reference Number

1990.607.263

Extended information about this artwork

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