Ellora, Cave Temple No. 3 (Erora dai sango kutsuin)
Erora dai sango kutsuin
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 39.8 × 28.1 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
Temple and shrine subjects are among the most consistently popular categories in Yoshida's output. Standard jizuri prints of temple subjects cluster around $2,149 (dealer price benchmark from 1stDibs), with Chion-in Temple Gate listed at $3,600 and Toshogu Shrine in standard jizuri condition at approximately $2,149. Night or seasonal variants of temple subjects command additional premiums.
- Jizuri (artist-supervised) seal: $1,500–$4,000
- Studio/posthumous edition: $400–$1,200
Description
Ellora's Cave No. 3 — one of the Buddhist caves carved into the volcanic basalt of the Deccan Plateau in Maharashtra during the fifth and sixth centuries CE — receives a careful architectural portrait in this 1933 oban-format print. Yoshida visited the Ellora caves during his India travels, confronting rock-cut architecture of a type entirely unlike anything in Japan or Europe: entire temple complexes hewn directly from living stone, their pillared verandahs and carved facades emerging from the cliff face over centuries of labor. The Buddhist cave, with its serene interior containing meditating figures and relief narratives, offered Yoshida a contemplative subject well aligned with his aesthetic sensibilities, and the resulting print brings both architectural precision and atmospheric sensitivity to its documentation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ellora, Cave Temple No. 3 (Erora dai sango kutsuin) (Erora dai sango kutsuin) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1933.
Ellora, Cave Temple No. 3 (Erora dai sango kutsuin) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
Ellora, Cave Temple No. 3 (Erora dai sango kutsuin) was published by Yoshida Studio (1933).
Ellora, Cave Temple No. 3 (Erora dai sango kutsuin) depicts temples & shrines.
Ellora, Cave Temple No. 3 (Erora dai sango kutsuin) measures 39.8 × 28.1 cm (Oban format).