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Wadakura Gate, from by Oda Kazuma — Japanese Woodblock print

Wadakura Gate, from

by Oda Kazuma

Medium:
Woodblock print
Source:
harashobo

Description

The Wadakura Gate (Wadakura-mon) of the former Edo Castle — now the Imperial Palace East Garden in Tokyo — appears in this print from an unidentified series. The gate, one of the surviving Edo-period structures within the palace grounds, offered Kazuma a subject combining history, architecture, and the particular quality of light that falls on ancient stonework and wooden gates. The moat surrounding the palace grounds provided the water-and-architecture combination that was among his most reliable compositional formulas.

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Wadakura Gate, from was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).

Wadakura Gate, from depicts architecture.