The Sanggeru Pavilion, the Pegyangsa Temple, Korea — 白羊寺
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Kawase Hasui
Hasui traveled to Korea in 1921, producing a series of prints depicting Korean Buddhist temples and landscapes for publisher Watanabe Shôzaburô. Baegyang-sa (白羊寺) is a Buddhist temple founded in the seventh century in what is now South Jeolla Province, South Korea. This print likely shows a wooden pavilion structure set within a forested hillside landscape, with characteristic Korean architectural features—curved bracket eaves, raised timber platforms—visible against a sky rendered in bokashi gradation. Hasui approached Korean subject matter with the compositional sensibility he applied to Japanese landscapes, subordinating architectural specificity to atmospheric effect. The wooded mountain setting typical of Korean temple complexes provided opportunities for the layered greens and deep forest shadows he rendered with particular skill. As an ôban-format print issued within the Watanabe publishing program, this work forms part of a broader shin-hanga effort to document East Asian landscapes for Japanese audiences, extending the meisho-e tradition beyond the Japanese archipelago.
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The Sanggeru Pavilion, the Pegyangsa Temple, Korea — 白羊寺 was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
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