$1,000–$8,000. Common prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: As a major nihonga painter, Domoto Insho's prints are valued both as artworks and as affordable entry points to his oeuvre. Paintings command far higher prices.
This [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print depicts Ginkaku-ji, the Silver Pavilion, a Zen temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama district that ranks among the city's most treasured cultural properties. Despite its name, the pavilion was never actually covered in silver; it takes its nickname from its relationship to the gold-leafed Kinkaku-ji across the city. The temple's restrained beauty, its moss garden, the raked sand garden known as the Sea of Silver Sand, and the modest two-story pavilion itself, embodies the wabi-sabi aesthetic of understated elegance. Domoto, as a Kyoto artist thoroughly versed in the city's cultural landmarks, renders Ginkaku-ji with the familiarity of frequent observation. The woodblock print captures the quiet atmosphere that distinguishes this temple from its more flamboyant golden counterpart.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/35
Silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome, otoshizome and shigokizome)
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.
Ginkaku-ji was created by Insho Domoto (堂本印象).
Ginkaku-ji depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and gardens.
