Yakushi Temple and the Vicinity — 奈良薬師寺付近
- Date:
- circa 1950-1970
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$2,000. Temple scenes are among the most popular subjects for this artist. Good temple/seasonal scenes: $500–$1,200. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
Yakushi Temple (奈良薬師寺付近) and its vicinity in Nara — the ancient temple complex dedicated to the Buddha of Healing, whose pair of three-story pagodas have been called "frozen music" for the harmonic proportions of their diminishing stories — provides Kotozuka with one of the most architecturally sophisticated subjects in the Japanese landscape. The temple's pagodas, set in the flat landscape of the Nara Plain with the mountains of Yoshino visible to the south, have been printed and painted as expressions of the Nara period's Buddhist architectural genius.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Yakushi Temple and the Vicinity — 奈良薬師寺付近 was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in circa 1950-1970.
Yakushi Temple and the Vicinity — 奈良薬師寺付近 depicts temples & shrines.
