Shofuku Temple, Niihama, Ako (Ako Niihama Shofukuji)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
by Kawase Hasui
Temple and shrine subjects form the backbone of Hasui's rural Japan repertoire — steady, consistently popular categories that hold value across all market conditions. Snow at temple subjects command the highest premiums (Snow at Tosho-gu Shrine in Ueno achieved $3,200 at Artelino; Saishoin Temple in the Snow reached $3,000). Standard pre-war temple scenes without snow trade between $1,000–$3,500. Postwar lifetime editions (1946–1957) bearing the small 6mm J-seal represent authentic lifetime impressions but from the artist's final decade.
Shofuku Temple at Niihama in Ako (Hyogo Prefecture) is a Zen temple with the formality of its gate and main hall set in grounds maintained in the tradition of Rinzai Zen. This 1950 print likely shows the temple in a quiet season — the stone-paved approach, the gate with its overhanging roof, and the main hall beyond, framed by tall trees. [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations in the sky give the monastic architecture its characteristic atmospheric solemnity.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shofuku Temple, Niihama, Ako (Ako Niihama Shofukuji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Shofuku Temple, Niihama, Ako (Ako Niihama Shofukuji) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Shofuku Temple, Niihama, Ako (Ako Niihama Shofukuji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Shofuku Temple, Niihama, Ako (Ako Niihama Shofukuji) depicts temples & shrines.
