Yakuo Temple, Mito (Mito Yakuoin)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1945
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Yakuo Temple at Mito, published in 1945, depicts Yakuoin — a Buddhist temple in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture — likely one of the historic temple complexes on the hillside below the old castle site that retained their Edo-period architecture. Mito's temple district, spared the worst of wartime bombing, preserved clusters of traditional Buddhist architecture in the castle town's precincts. The 1945 wartime date gives this temple subject a particular gravity: the preservation of sacred architecture even as the surrounding urban landscape faced destruction. The Temples & Shrines and Bokashi tags indicate a composition of atmospheric depth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yakuo Temple, Mito (Mito Yakuoin) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1945.
Yakuo Temple, Mito (Mito Yakuoin) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Yakuo Temple, Mito (Mito Yakuoin) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1945).
Yakuo Temple, Mito (Mito Yakuoin) depicts temples & shrines.