Kiyomizu Temple
by Insho Domoto
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Insho Domoto
$1,000–$8,000. Temple scenes are among the most popular subjects for this artist. Good nature/landscape prints: $2,500–$5,000. 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 Kiyomizu Temple, the hilltop Buddhist complex in eastern Kyoto whose famous wooden stage extends outward from the mountainside on enormous timber pillars. The temple, founded in the eighth century and rebuilt in the seventeenth, offers panoramic views over Kyoto and is visited by millions annually. Domoto's rendering brings a local artist's perspective to a landmark that has been depicted by artists from Hiroshige to Hasui. The surrounding hillside, dense with cherry and maple trees, changes the temple's appearance dramatically across seasons, and Domoto's choice of season determines the visual character of the print. The massive wooden structure, assembled without nails, provided Domoto with an architectural subject whose engineering ambition matched the artistic ambition of translating it into woodblock form.
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)
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.
Kiyomizu Temple was created by Insho Domoto (堂本印象).
Kiyomizu Temple depicts temples & shrines.