Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei receives a moody rain treatment in this composition, with the ancient Tendai Buddhist monastery shrouded in mountain mist and precipitation. This is a less commonly seen Asano subject compared to his downtown Kyoto views, and prices typically fall between $150-$500. The remote mountain setting adds a contemplative dimension to the rain motif.
Rain in Enryaku-ji Temple presents the great Tendai Buddhist monastery complex on Mt. Hiei above Kyoto — a sacred mountain that dominated the northeastern horizon of the city — in the particular atmospheric conditions of mountain rainfall. Enryaku-ji, spread across multiple peaks and connected by ancient paths through the cedar forest, experienced weather conditions more dramatic than those in the city below, and rain on the mountain took on a different quality: heavier, colder, and associated with the austerity of monastic mountain practice. Asano's rendering would have captured this distinctly mountain-temple atmosphere.
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.
Rain in Enryaku-ji Temple (延暦寺雨) was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Rain in Enryaku-ji Temple uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Rain in Enryaku-ji Temple was published by Unsodo.
Rain in Enryaku-ji Temple depicts temples & shrines and rain.
