Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to)
Ikegami Honmonji no to
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1954
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.3 × 24.4 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami, published in 1954, depicts the five-story pagoda of Ikegami Honmon-ji — the head temple of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, located in the Ota ward of Tokyo on a hilltop that has been sacred to Nichiren followers since the thirteenth century. The pagoda, rebuilt in the Edo period, rises above the wooded temple grounds and is one of Tokyo's most elegant surviving pagoda structures. Hasui's late print captures the pagoda's tiered silhouette likely framed by trees, with the composition's bokashi sky adding the atmospheric depth characteristic of his mature temple views.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to) (Ikegami Honmonji no to) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1954.
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1954).
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to) depicts temples & shrines and pagodas.
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to) measures 36.3 × 24.4 cm (Oban format).