Yamashita Quarter, Ueno (Ueno Yamashita) From the Series One hundred Views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1856
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The buildings and landscapes in this print are replicas from sites in Kyoto, to legitimize the “new” capital of Edo. Throughout the print, Hiroshige adds details which balance each other out, for example, the red balcony of the Kiyomizudera temple is a bold contrast to the light pink blossoms and light hue of blue of Shinobazu Pond. The tall and lanky pine trees also counteract the bushy and blooming blossoms — the circular branch of the “moon pine” sands out from the overall vertical composition. Various characters are depicted throughout the print, but there is one cheeky man in particular, who’s face is half covered, because he probably just visited a prostitute in Ueno, and does not want to be recognized.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-292
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper