Gesturing Like an Actor at Grinding-Bowl Hill in Ueno
(Ueno suribachiyama yakusha no miburi)
from the series
Humorous Famous Views of Tokyo
(Tōkyō kokkei meishō)
Revelers in Ueno Park walk along the foot of Suribachiyama 摺鉢山, "Grinding-Bowl Hill", an ancient burial mound named for the slight depression at its top. Behind them is a sign for Ryōdaishi 両大師, also known as Rinnōji 輪王寺, one of the few buildings that remains of the once-sprawling Kan'ei-ji temple complex, which was destroyed by fire during the Boshin War. Ueno Park itself was created from the empty space left behind by the destroyed Kan'ei-ji.
