Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon)
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twenty Views of Tokyo
- Date:
- 1928
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Sakurada Gate in the outer walls of the Imperial Palace compound in central Tokyo was where Ii Naosuke was assassinated in 1860, and Hasui's 1928 print from the Twenty Views of Tokyo shows the stone gate and its surrounding moat in a quiet daytime scene. The gate's stone walls and the reflective moat gave Hasui the same stone-and-water compositional formula he used for Nijubashi. Bokashi gradations in the sky above the gate established the composition's atmospheric depth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1928.
Yes — Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon) is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series by Kawase Hasui.
Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1928).
Sakurada Gate, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Sakuradamon) depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and architecture, set at Tokyo.