Pagoda at Ikaruga J
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
The pagoda at Ikaruga — in the precincts of Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan's oldest wooden building complex — is one of the oldest architectural subjects in Japanese art. Kitaoka renders it in the "J" variant of what appears to be a series of pagoda compositions, his geometric treatment giving the five-story structure's successive tiered rooflines and upward taper a bold, compressed clarity. The pagoda's ancient form — unchanged for fourteen centuries — is made present and immediate through the woodblock's capacity for strong, decisive line.
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 at Ikaruga J was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Pagoda at Ikaruga J depicts temples & shrines and pagodas.
