Ruins of Takiyama Castle, Bushu (Bushu Takiyamajoshi)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
by Kawase Hasui
Castle subjects by Hasui draw collectors interested in historic Japanese architecture. Himeji Castle, as Japan's most celebrated surviving original structure, consistently performs well — lifetime editions bring $800–$3,000. Seasonal variants (cherry blossoms, snow) of castle subjects command premiums over plain architectural views. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Takiyama Castle in Bushu (present-day Hachioji, Tokyo) was a mountain fortress of the Hojo clan, abandoned after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1590 siege and now surviving only as overgrown stone walls on a forested peak. This 1941 print likely shows the castle ruins in autumn or spring — the stone walls emerging from the undergrowth, the forested hillside above, a view over the Tama River valley below. Castle ruin subjects had a literary dimension in Japanese aesthetics, the beauty of ruins in returning nature.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ruins of Takiyama Castle, Bushu (Bushu Takiyamajoshi) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1941.
Ruins of Takiyama Castle, Bushu (Bushu Takiyamajoshi) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1941).
Ruins of Takiyama Castle, Bushu (Bushu Takiyamajoshi) depicts castles.
