Temple
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
- Well-known Kyoto garden or temple composition in excellent condition: $1,500–$5,000
- Good condition garden scene: $600–$2,000
- Standard impression: $200–$700
Description
The unidentified temple—the catchall title suggesting a building that resisted more precise identification in collection records—nevertheless received Saito's full formal attention. Temple as a subject type encompassed for him a vast range of architectural approaches: the simple thatch-roofed halls of mountain hermitages, the elaborate timber construction of major Zen complexes, the tile-capped gates of imperial-era foundations. Whatever specific building this depicts, it would show his characteristic reduction of sacred architecture to geometric essence.
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A Section of the Byodo Temple at Uji (Uji Byodoin no ichibu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Temple was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Temple depicts temples & shrines.