Chiyoda Castle
- Date:
- 1942
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$1,000–$8,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: Hashimoto's bold castle prints are his most recognizable and collected works. Larger formats command premiums.
Chiyoda Castle — Edo Castle, the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate and today the Imperial Palace — is presented here with the architectural precision that made Hashimoto the preeminent printmaker of Japanese fortifications. Carved in 1942, the work captures the castle's distinctive multi-tiered donjon and broad stone foundations with a geometric clarity that reflects both his [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) aesthetic and the period's heightened national consciousness. The composition emphasizes structural mass and the interplay of whitewashed walls against dark rooflines, translating the castle's immense scale into the language of the woodblock.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Chiyoda Castle was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家) in 1942.
Chiyoda Castle depicts castles.
