Tsubosaka Temple, Yamato (Yamato Tsubosakadera)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Tsubosaka Temple in Yamato, published in 1950, depicts Tsubosakadera — the Hasedera temple at Tsubosaka in the Yamato Highlands of Nara Prefecture, known for the legend of a blind man's wife who prayed at the temple for her husband's sight to be restored. The temple's hillside setting above the Yamato plain, with its three-story pagoda visible among the trees, offers a quieter alternative to Nara city's crowded monument precincts. Hasui's 1950 composition likely captures the temple's autumn or spring character in the soft Yamato light that gives this sheltered inland region its characteristic atmospheric warmth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tsubosaka Temple, Yamato (Yamato Tsubosakadera) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Tsubosaka Temple, Yamato (Yamato Tsubosakadera) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Tsubosaka Temple, Yamato (Yamato Tsubosakadera) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Tsubosaka Temple, Yamato (Yamato Tsubosakadera) depicts temples & shrines.