Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
A pagoda rendered in Asada Benji's landscape mode — the tapering tower form against sky, perhaps set within a garden or forest that frames its vertical accent. Without specific identification, this pagoda subject could be any of the Kansai region's many historic towers: Kofukuji at Nara, Toji in Kyoto, or Daigoji's famous five-story structure on the city's southeastern edge. The pagoda was a central subject in the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) landscape tradition for its combination of architectural precision and scenic context.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Pagoda was created by Asada Benji (浅田弁治).
Pagoda depicts temples & shrines and pagodas.
