Kencho Temple, Kamakura (Kamakura Kenchoji)
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
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.
Kencho Temple at Kamakura, published in 1933, depicts the Kencho-ji — the oldest of Kamakura's five great Zen temples, founded in 1253 — with its characteristic Chinese-influenced Zen architecture set among the ancient juniper trees that shade the temple's inner courtyard. Kencho-ji's main structures, including the Butsuden (Buddha Hall) and Hojo garden, are among Japan's finest surviving examples of Song-dynasty-influenced medieval Zen architecture. Hasui's 1933 composition brings his atmospheric technique to the dark wood and stone of this ancient temple, the bokashi sky giving the composition the depth appropriate to its subject's age and gravity.
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.
Kencho Temple, Kamakura (Kamakura Kenchoji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1933.
Kencho Temple, Kamakura (Kamakura Kenchoji) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Kencho Temple, Kamakura (Kamakura Kenchoji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1933).
Kencho Temple, Kamakura (Kamakura Kenchoji) depicts temples & shrines, set at Kamakura.
