Plum Park in Kameido [SEP] creator
Plum Park in Kameido
Plum Park in Kameido (亀戸梅屋舗, "Kameido Umeyashiki") is a woodblock print in the ukiyo-e genre by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. It was published in 1857 as the thirtieth print in the "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" series and depicts "Prunus mume" trees in bloom.
"One Hundred Famous Views of Edo".
The picture is part of the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" which actually features 119 views of named places or celebrated spots in
square feet. The tree is shown with a unique abstract composition, with wide branches taking up much of the foreground but cropped by the frame of the picture giving a resemblance to Japanese calligraphy.
The tree is situated in "Umeyashiki", a plum garden by the banks of the Sumida River in Kameido. Visible between the branches of the Sleeping Dragon Plum are further trees and small figures behind a low fence contemplating the plum blossom. A sign, possibly forbidding vandalism, is in the foreground at the top left of