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Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

御殿山花見之図

late 1700s–early 1800s

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川 豊国

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Measurements
Painting: 56.6 x 87.7 cm (22 5/16 x 34 1/2 in.); Mounted: 159.4 x 89.9 cm (62 3/4 x 35 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Ellen and Bruce Mavec 2026.46
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Tobacco was introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders around the 1550s.

Description

A scene of cherry blossom viewing at Gotenyama (Palace Hill) in the city of Edo (now Tokyo), features five adults and a child at the top of the hill. At the center of the action, a courtesan lights her pipe from that of a fashionably dressed young man of samurai status, and smoke billows up to the sky.
A horizontally oriented ink and color painting on silk depicts five adults and a child with light skin tones beneath flowering trees. In the foreground, a man holds a pipe while four women wear patterned traditional clothing. In the background, wooden sailing vessels crowd a body of water along a shore with gray-roofed houses. The scene is rendered in muted earthy tones and soft pinks beneath a pale sky.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

late 1700s–early 1800s

Utagawa Toyokuni

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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