{"id":64834,"title":"Moon Pine in Ueno Park","medium":"Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper","classification":"Prints","dimension":"13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (33.9 x 22.5 cm) (image)\r\n14 3/16 × 9 5/16 in. (36.1 × 23.7 cm) (sheet, vertical ōban)\r\n17 15/16 x 14 in. (45.5 x 35.5 cm) (mat)","object_name":"Print (ukiyo-e / fūkei-ga)","continent":"Asia","country":"Japan","nationality":"Japanese","dated":"1857, 8th month","room":"G239","role":"Artist","signed":"Hiroshige ga 広重画","markings":"Censor: kai, Snake 8\r\nPublisher: Uoei\r\nunknown seal","text":"One of the most iconic close-up views of this series is the so-called Moon Pine (Tsuki no matsu), which had a branch that was trained, bonsai-like, to grow in the form of a circle. The pine was located outside the Kiyomizu Hall on Mount Tōei (Tōeizan), part of the Kan’eiji Temple complex in what is today Tokyo’s Ueno Park. The circular branch works almost like a telescope to frame the samurai residences in the Hongō district, in the far distance, across Shinobazu Pond.\n<br />\nMoon Pine fell victim to a typhoon in the early Meiji era (1868–1912), but in 2011 a new tree with a similar circular branch was planted in the same spot.","portfolio":"One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景)","creditline":"Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.","Catalog_Raisonne":"Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ōban #62.14; Marks (2023), #89","accession_number":"96.146.194","artist":"Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi","life_date":"Japanese, 1797 – 1858","department":"Asian Art","rights_type":"Public Domain","image_width":3503,"image_height":5181,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"96   146  194","dynasty":"Edo period (1603–1868)","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"064000\\800\\30\\64834","Primary_RenditionNumber":"mia_48248a.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Full","TitleAlt":"Ueno sannai Tsuki no matsu, 上野山内月のまつ","mtime":"2026-02-04T06:00:50.797Z"}