Heirin Temple, Nobidome (Nobidome Hirinji)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1952
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Heirin Temple at Nobidome, published in 1952, depicts a Buddhist temple in the Nobidome area of present-day Saitama Prefecture — a locality on the Musashino plateau west of Tokyo where the Shirako River flows through a relatively preserved agricultural landscape even into the postwar period. The Heirin Temple's composition likely shows the temple precinct's main hall and gate structure in the quiet atmospheric light that Hasui brought to his documentation of ordinary provincial temples across Japan. The bokashi sky gives the composition the depth characteristic of his mature temple subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Heirin Temple, Nobidome (Nobidome Hirinji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1952.
Heirin Temple, Nobidome (Nobidome Hirinji) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Heirin Temple, Nobidome (Nobidome Hirinji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1952).
Heirin Temple, Nobidome (Nobidome Hirinji) depicts temples & shrines.