Unganji at Kurohane in Tochigi Prefecture is where Matsuo Basho visited his old teacher Butcho's former hermitage on the Oku no Hosomichi journey. Saito's 1965 rendering in the context of his Basho series places the remote mountain temple within the literary pilgrimage framework—the building depicted not merely as architecture but as a site of concentrated historical and poetic significance, the geometry of its roof against a cedar mountain carrying the weight of that association.
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.
Oku no hosomichi Unganji, Kurohane was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1965.
Oku no hosomichi Unganji, Kurohane depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and travel scenes.
Oku no hosomichi Unganji, Kurohane measures 53.3 × 38.6 cm.
