Apr 12, 2012

Great Horseraces at Ueno Park’s Shinobazu Pond illustrated

Hello we will show you the work depicting the scene of a horserase at Ueno Park.

 


Chikanobu "Great Horseraces at Ueno Park’s Shinobazu Pond illustrated"  

$741.00

Horseracing at Ueno Park In Tokyo was a popular around late 19th century.

And prints of the Emperor and Empress attending the horseraces were quite

Popular.

Chikanobu depicted several different versions of the same scene.

This is the scene of the opening of the racetrack.

You can see a octopus, a goldfish, a crane floating in the sky.

 Fireworks explode above the racetrack,

With various paper balloons and toys. That was one of the events at auspicious occasion

And festivals.

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