![Stillness (Sand Garden II, Tenryuji) (Seijaku [Suna niwa II Tenryuji]) by Okiie Hashimoto — Japanese Color woodblock print; edition 35/60, 1958](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/aa4b8c74-2daa-c2c2-5810-e28cef602a56/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Stillness (Sand Garden II, Tenryuji) (Seijaku [Suna niwa II Tenryuji])
- Date:
- 1958
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition 35/60
- 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.
Stillness (Sand Garden II, Tenryuji), printed in 1958 in an edition of thirty-five, presents the dry landscape garden of Tenryu-ji Temple in Arashiyama — a UNESCO World Heritage site designed in the 14th century. The garden's title Seijaku (stillness) establishes the emotional register of the composition: the karesansui's capacity to induce contemplative quiet. Hashimoto's geometric rendering of the raked gravel, stone groupings, and surrounding plantings honors the garden's own formal discipline, finding in it a visual language consonant with his own printmaking practice.
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Stillness (Sand Garden II, Tenryuji) (Seijaku [Suna niwa II Tenryuji]) was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家) in 1958.
Stillness (Sand Garden II, Tenryuji) (Seijaku [Suna niwa II Tenryuji]) depicts gardens.
