Winter in Jacko-in (Kyoto)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Description
Jakko-in—the nunnery at Ohara north of Kyoto where the Empress Kenreimon-in retired after the defeat of the Taira clan in 1185 and spent the remaining decades of her life in prayer—is one of Kyoto's most melancholy sites. Saito's winter treatment would give this atmosphere of historical grief a visual equivalent in the bare trees, the grey light of a mountain winter, the simple architecture of the nunnery's halls stripped of their warm-season foliage.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Winter in Jacko-in (Kyoto) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Winter in Jacko-in (Kyoto) depicts snow scenes and winter, set at Kyoto.