The Asura figure from Kofukuji Temple in Nara is one of the most celebrated works of Japanese Buddhist sculpture—an eight-armed, three-faced youth of extraordinary psychological depth, dated to 734 CE. Saito made multiple prints of this image, designating variants with letter suffixes. The (C) version likely represents a specific colorway or compositional angle, the Asura's famous adolescent face—expressing something between sorrow, resolve, and transcendence—rendered in Saito's flattened hieratic style.
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.
Buddha Asuyra Nara (C) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Buddha Asuyra Nara (C) depicts temples & shrines and religious, set at Nara.
