Comment - Handsome view of the Kameido Plum Garden. Kameido is a well that was the source of water for the castle town of Takamatsu during the Edo period. The origin of the name of Kameido comes from the  the hole from which a spring water flows that is shaped like a jar, and it was called Tortoise Well of the immortal Soul (Kamei Reisen, 亀井霊泉). The spring and garden are the source for the still existing Kameido Water Shrine (Kameido sui-jinja, 亀井戸水神社).

The print depicts a springtime sake party with five participantsis. The festivity is disrupted by a crashed down Edo kite  ("Edo-tako", "江戸凧"). The correctly bridled crashed down Edo kite, carries a design variation of the Japanese flag. The kite fell headfirst onto the sake table, a sake bottle is just falling down. The lady on the right received a chin smash from the upgoing table, the gentleman with the black kimono is directly hit by the kite. The gentleman opposite to the chin smashed lady, has fallen on his back and stretches out on all fours. He is losing one of his yellow sandals, and crying out loud. A spectator from the next table wears a western style hat with a brim. He watches the mishap with smiling astonishment. The lower left shows a straw rooftop, maybe the beverage dispensing hut. A lady is rushing out to her customers.
The background shows the fenced plum garden with lots of old and young blossoming plum trees. In the far above red nearing sundown, an Edo Kaku kite , the smaller brother of an Edo kite is floating in the evening sky, as the long tails are indicating the smooth breeze. A smooth bokashi blue sky is overwhelming the scene.

The series title is written in the red cassette upper right, adjacent to the squared red and withe title cassette.

Series - "Thirty-six Amusing Views of Famous Places in Tokyo" (“Tōkyō meisho sanjurokugisen”, "東京名所三六戯撰"東京名所三十六戯撰").


Artist - see Biography


Signature - "Shōsai Ikkei hitsu" ("昇斎一景筆 筆") in the red cassette at lower right on the straw rooftop; a circular date seal (Meiji 5-II) on top of the cassette


Publisher - Yorozuya Magobei (万屋孫兵衛 ) with Yoruzomago seal (萬孫), rectangle adjacent to the signature cassete


Image Size -   36.2 X 25.3 cm (14 1/4" X 10")


Condition - Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, single sheet, small vertical ôban; Tate-e (portrait);