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Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province (Bungo Yabakei Ko Rakan-ji), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, 1897 (Meiji 30)

Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province (Bungo Yabakei Ko Rakan-ji), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Meiji/Taishō Prints
LandscapesTemples & ShrinesFamous Places (Meisho-e)
Date:
1897 (Meiji 30)
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Description

The print shows a towering, sheer rock cliff face with deeply striated, eroded pinnacles dominating the upper two-thirds of the composition, two small pine trees perched atop the tallest summit. At the base of the cliffs, a small cluster of buildings sits beside a still pool of water that faintly mirrors the rock face, with a dark band of trees separating this from a foreground of furrowed fields rendered in converging perspective lines, where two tiny figures walk a path. The palette is muted and largely monochrome in grey-blue and sepia tones, giving the scene a hazy, subdued atmosphere; a text cartouche with the series and print title appears in the upper left. Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1897 — "Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province," from the series *Famous Sights of Japan*.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province (Bungo Yabakei Ko Rakan-ji), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1897 (Meiji 30).

Yes — Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province (Bungo Yabakei Ko Rakan-ji), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) is part of the Famous Sights of Japan series by Kobayashi Kiyochika.

Old Rakan Temple, Yabakei, Bungo Province (Bungo Yabakei Ko Rakan-ji), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and famous places (meisho-e).