$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Ido Masao's prints have maintained steady value since his death in 2016. Traditional architecture subjects are most popular.
Kyoto Higashiyama depicts the eastern hill district of Kyoto, one of the most culturally dense neighborhoods in Japan. Higashiyama stretches along the eastern mountain slopes and contains an extraordinary concentration of temples, shrines, and historic streets, including Kiyomizu-dera, Ginkaku-ji, and the stone-paved Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka lanes. Ido Masao renders this district in the [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock format, capturing the layered landscape where temple roofs emerge from forested hillsides above the city's tiled residential rooftops. The Japanese characters in the title ground the image in this specific geography. Ido's Kyoto prints consistently seek the views where architecture and nature interpenetrate most completely, and Higashiyama, where temples are built into hillsides and temple gardens blend into the surrounding forest, offers this quality in abundance.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kyoto Higashiyama - 京・東山 was created by Ido Masao (井堂雅夫).
Kyoto Higashiyama - 京・東山 depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and mountains, set at Kyoto.
