Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 90766

Shalimar Garden, Lahore (Sharamaru Gaaden)

Artist / 作者
Yoshida Hiroshi吉田博
Date / 年代
1932
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録
1053 × 1500 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者
星野アカリ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

THE SHALAMAR GARDENS are located five miles east of Lahore. They were commissioned by Shah Jahan in 1637. The form of the garden is inspired by the gardens of the same name, in Kashmir, and would later be copied in the Shalimar Gardens of Delhi. The enclosure is over five hundred yards long, and contains two gardens, with a narrow rectangular terrace in between them. Each garden is divided by canals and flowerbeds, following the Persian tradition of the charbagh, or fourfold garden. Each of the three parts is on a different level, so that the upper parts are concealed from the view of people entering from below. The highest, and therefore the most private, section is thought to have been us…

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