Complete view of Shomyoji

Shōmyōji is a Shingon-ritsu Buddhist temple in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, founded in 1258 and noted for its Pure Land–style pond garden, an arched red bridge, and a main hall set against a wooded ridge. A 'complete view' indicates an elevated or near-aerial vantage encompassing the precinct in its entirety — gate, pond, bridge, hondō, and surrounding trees. Morimura typically organizes such panoramas through stacked registers and flat color planes, declining single-point perspective in favor of a faceted, almost cartographic clarity that recalls yamato-e conventions. Foliage is rendered as massed silhouettes in graduated greens and ochres, while the bridge and wooden structures appear as crisp linear elements cut from the key block. As mokuhanga, the print is produced from multiple cherrywood blocks printed sequentially on hand-sized [washi](/glossary/washi), with color registered through kentō notches. The subject reflects Morimura's preference for representing complete architectural ensembles rather than isolated details, aligning his work with the meisho tradition while distinguishing it from purely decorative [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga).