$1,000–$15,000. Common landscapes: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Kasamatsu's early shin-hanga works (pre-1955) tend to be more valued than his later sosaku-hanga production.
A three-headed form of the deity Ashura — the fierce guardian figure with six arms, three faces expressing different emotional states — appears in the iconographic style associated with the eighth-century Nara sculpture at Kofukuji Temple, one of the most celebrated Buddhist images in Japan. Kasamatsu's rendering engages with the formal problem of depicting a supernatural being whose multiple simultaneous aspects resist naturalistic representation, requiring instead the conventions of Buddhist iconography to convey transcendent significance.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Three-Headed Deity In Ashura Temple was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Three-Headed Deity In Ashura Temple was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Three-Headed Deity In Ashura Temple depicts temples & shrines and mythology.
