At the foot of Ueno Mountain

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo No.12At the foot of Ueno Mountain

In this print, Ueno mountain, a part of a terrace, is obscured by the hovering mist. The mist was called suyarigasumi in Japanese, meaning “spear-shaped mist”. It was used as a means to divide the scenery into two, a distant view and a short-range view and had the similar effect to that of genjigumo (clouds). On the mountain stood Kaneiji Temple, the family temple of the Tokugawa shogun, and many cherry trees were planted in its grounds.
At the southeastern foot of the mountain was a space which was called Ueno Yamashita, literally “below Ueno mountain”. The square was constructed as a firebreak and was a place designated by the shogunate for people to assemble when a fire broke out nearby.
Even when there was not an emergency, the square was crowded with people who were visiting Kaneiji Temple to pay their respects to the Tokugawa family, as well as people enjoying the magnificent scenery around the temple.
For the convenience of visitors, restaurants and teahouses were built in the square. When the weather was fine, temporary stages were set up for kabuki plays. Street performers such as mimics, storytellers, acrobats and men who drew swords from a sitting position to cut things, also performed in various places in the square. Thus it was one of the most vibrant and bustling places in Edo city.
Hiroshige depicts a two-storied restaurant, Iseya, which sold and served fresh food at an instant. On the lower level of the building two large flatfish are hanging from the ceiling and fresh fish are being displayed on the stands. These fish are cooked to order.
The restaurant was so famous for its delicious food that it was always crowded with customers.
At the bottom-left hand corner of the print, the castle’s women-in-waiting, carrying umbrellas of the same design, are going to the Kaneiji Temple grounds, presumably to view the cherry blossoms.
In the sky a flock of swallows fly merrily in concert with the gay mood on the ground.

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At the foot of Ueno Mountain


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This product is created under the brand name 'Edo Woodblock Prints' , which preserves unchanged techniques and methods from the Edo period in creating traditional multi-colored woodblock prints. It has been officially designated as a Traditional Craft by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and as a Tokyo Metropolitan Traditional Craft.

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• Print dimensions: approx. 34 cm height × 22 cm width
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