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Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda by Shiro Kasamatsu — Japanese Color woodblock print, 1932

Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda

八坂の塔 雨の夕

by Shiro Kasamatsu

Shin-hangaSōsaku-hanga
Night ScenesPagodasRain
BokashiNishiki-eMoku-hangaKentoBarenSumi
Date:
1932
Medium:
Color woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

The five-story Yasaka Pagoda in Kyoto's Higashiyama district stands in evening rain, 1932, its silhouette sharpened by the wet darkness while light catches the ceramic tile edges of each overhanging roof. The Yasaka Pagoda — one of Kyoto's most recognizable landmarks, visible from the streets of the Higashiyama district — presented Kasamatsu with a vertical subject ideally suited to rain composition. Each eave becomes a cascade, the tile surfaces catch light unpredictably, and the rain itself creates dynamic diagonal movement against the pagoda's vertical form.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda (八坂の塔 雨の夕) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪) in 1932.

Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.

Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1932).

Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda depicts night scenes, pagodas, and rain.