Shotei produced a wide range of subjects throughout his career under publishers Watanabe and Daikokuya. Signed, sealed lifetime editions consistently outperform unsigned export-market copies.
Near Omuro — "Omuro fukin" — the landscape around the Ninnaji temple complex in western Kyoto, famous for its late-blooming Omuro cherry trees, provides a setting of refined imperial garden culture. The Omuro cherries, which bloomed weeks after Kyoto's other famous cherries, gave the area a unique position in the city's seasonal calendar. Shotei renders the vicinity with the same quiet attentiveness he brought to all his Kyoto subjects, finding in its ancient temple grounds and garden spaces the composed beauty of cultivated nature.
Kumoi sakura
1926
Color woodblock print
1935
Color woodblock print
Romon
1935
Color woodblock print
円山公園桜
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Near Omuro — Omuro fukin was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Near Omuro — Omuro fukin was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Near Omuro — Omuro fukin depicts cherry blossoms, temples & shrines, and spring.
