Site of Plum Park in Kameido

One of the reasons that Ukiyo-e has high values in the present days is that, the normal landscape of Japan that is far away from the Western world, painted with the touch of fantasy got across and it influesnced many Western artist that are still famous till this day. The original artwork of Hiroshige Utagawa was trace painted by Vincent van Gogh in his oil painting work. Knowing that many successful painters have traced the Ukiyo-e artwork gave me the pressure but I searched for the Ume-tree(plum tree) that was originally painted in the artwork. When I got to the point where the Ume-tree had been planted, there was only the concrete road. Reminiscing the past, I watched the sun go down.

亀戸梅屋舗跡

浮世絵が現在評価されている理由の一つに、何気ない日常の景色を写した絵が（たまたま）西洋に渡り、美術史に名を残す芸術家たちに大きな影響を及ぼし、遠く離れた日本をファンタジーの世界のように思いをはせた、というのがあるだろう。本作の元となった広重の浮世絵はゴッホが油絵で模写している。その緊張感をもって梅の木を探しに行ったが、既にそこは道路になっていた。昔は梅の木が立っていたであろう場所に生えている別の木にこの日の夕日を重ねしみじみとかつてに思いをはせた。