Temple and shrine subjects form the backbone of Hasui's rural Japan repertoire — steady, consistently popular categories that hold value across all market conditions. Snow at temple subjects command the highest premiums (Snow at Tosho-gu Shrine in Ueno achieved $3,200 at Artelino; Saishoin Temple in the Snow reached $3,000). Standard pre-war temple scenes without snow trade between $1,000–$3,500. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Heian Shrine in Kyoto (Heian jingu), published in 1936, depicts the Heian Shrine's dramatic vermillion-and-white architecture — a reduced-scale reconstruction of the original Heian imperial palace built in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of Kyoto's founding — in the crisp clarity of daylight or a seasonal atmospheric condition. The shrine's great torii gate, painted vermillion and standing 24 meters tall, is the largest and most visually striking torii in Japan, visible from a considerable distance across the Okazaki cultural district. Hasui's 1936 composition brings his mature atmospheric technique to this relatively new but grandly scaled architectural subject.
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.
Heian Shrine, Kyoto (Heian jingu) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1936.
Heian Shrine, Kyoto (Heian jingu) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Heian Shrine, Kyoto (Heian jingu) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1936).
Heian Shrine, Kyoto (Heian jingu) depicts temples & shrines, set at Kyoto.
