Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai)
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twenty Views of Tokyo (print 5 of 20)
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Kanda Myojin Shrine Precinct, from the Twenty Views of Tokyo series published in 1926, depicts the Kanda Myojin shrine in the Kanda district of central Tokyo — one of the capital's most important shrines, dedicated to the pre-Tokugawa lords of Edo and famous for the Kanda Matsuri festival alternating with Sanno Matsuri as one of the three great Edo festivals. The shrine's elevated position on Kanda Hill, with its bright vermillion main hall and surrounding sacred grove, gave Hasui a subject combining the ancient sacred landscape with the surrounding commercial and educational neighborhood below. The bokashi sky gives the composition its atmospheric depth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1926.
Yes — Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai) is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 5 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1926).
Kanda Myojin Shrine Precent, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Kanda Myojin keidai) depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and edo & tokyo, set at Tokyo.