Shogetsu Temple, Ito, Izu (Izu Ito Shogetsuin)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- September 1933
- 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. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Shogetsuji Temple at Ito in Izu Province (Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Rinzai Zen temple near the Ito hot spring resort, its forested setting and tiled gate giving it the meditative character of a well-established mountain temple. This September 1933 print likely shows the temple in early autumn, the trees around the gate just beginning to show color. The Izu peninsula's combination of coastal resort and quiet inland temple subjects gave Hasui varied material on a single research trip.
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.
Shogetsu Temple, Ito, Izu (Izu Ito Shogetsuin) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in September 1933.
Shogetsu Temple, Ito, Izu (Izu Ito Shogetsuin) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Shogetsu Temple, Ito, Izu (Izu Ito Shogetsuin) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (September 1933).
Shogetsu Temple, Ito, Izu (Izu Ito Shogetsuin) depicts temples & shrines.
