Nigatsu Hall, Nara (Nara Nigatsudo), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Nara Nigatsudo
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1921
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.1 × 36.5 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
From the second Souvenirs of Travel series, this print depicts the elevated terrace of Nigatsu-do Hall at Todai-ji in Nara. Lifetime editions sell for $500-$2,000. Nara temple subjects are among Hasui's most architecturally refined compositions, and the Nigatsu-do's dramatic hillside position allowed Hasui to combine building, landscape, and sky in a powerful arrangement.
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