Kozanji Temple on Mount Toganoo northwest of Kyoto—associated with the priest Myoe and famous as the location of Japan's oldest tea plantations and the remarkable Choju-giga animal scrolls—gave Saito a mountain temple setting quite different from the Zen garden aesthetics of the lowland Kyoto temples. The (B) variant suggests at least two compositions, with this version perhaps focusing on a specific architectural element of the mountain temple complex.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kozan-Ji, Kyoto (B) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Kozan-Ji, Kyoto (B) depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and mountains, set at Kyoto.
