Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji)
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
From Hasui's Eight Views of Korea or Korean Views Supplement — among his rarest subjects geographically. Korean landscapes represent a small but dedicated collecting niche, with particular interest from Korean and Korean-American buyers as well as scholars of Japanese colonial-era art. These prints are substantially rarer at auction than his Japanese subjects and can command unexpected premiums when the right buyer is present. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Pulguk Temple at Kyongju, published in September 1939 as part of the Eight Views of Korea series, depicts the Bulguksa — the great Buddhist temple complex on the slopes of Mount Tohamsan outside Gyeongju, the ancient Silla capital. Bulguksa, built in the eighth century, is celebrated for its stone terrace staircases (the Cheongun Bridge and Baegungyo) and for housing two of Korea's most important pagodas, the Dabotap and Seokgatap. Hasui's September 1939 composition, with its [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) sky, translates Bulguksa's architectural grandeur into the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) idiom during his systematic documentation of Korean historic sites.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in September 1939.
Yes — Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji) is part of the Eight Views of Korea series (print 2 of 8) by Kawase Hasui.
Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (September 1939).
Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji) depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and eight views (hakkei).
Pulguk Temple, Kyongiu, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Keishu Bukkokuji) measures 27.4 × 39.5 cm (Oban format).
