Jiko-in, Nara
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Jikoin in Nara is a Rinzai Zen temple best known for a garden that uses the surrounding mountains as borrowed scenery—the vertical hedge lines framing a view of Yamato Sanzan so deliberately composed that it functions as a three-dimensional painting. Saito's rendering would isolate the geometry of this arrangement, the parallel hedge lines acting like woodblock margin lines, structuring space with the formality of a musical score.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Jiko-in, Nara was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Jiko-in, Nara depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and gardens, set at Nara.