Famous Views of Japan: Mountain Temple in Yamagata (Nihon meisho zu-e: Yamagata no yamadera)
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
From the Famous Views of Japan series, this print depicts the mountain temple of Yamadera in Yamagata prefecture — a complex of stone-carved halls and pagodas clinging to the cliffs above a steep valley, reached by a long stairway of over a thousand steps. Basho climbed Yamadera in 1689 and wrote his most celebrated haiku there; the site carries the weight of Japanese literary and spiritual history. Binnie's bokashi gradations render the mountain and temple in the atmospheric light of the shin-hanga landscape tradition.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Famous Views of Japan: Mountain Temple in Yamagata (Nihon meisho zu-e: Yamagata no yamadera) was created by Paul Binnie.
Famous Views of Japan: Mountain Temple in Yamagata (Nihon meisho zu-e: Yamagata no yamadera) uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Famous Views of Japan: Mountain Temple in Yamagata (Nihon meisho zu-e: Yamagata no yamadera) depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and mountains.