Asano's Red Pagoda is a striking composition that plays to his greatest strength: bold, saturated color. The vermillion structure set against sky and foliage creates a vivid visual impact that appeals to decorative and fine art buyers alike. Expect to pay $200-$600, with well-preserved impressions showing the deepest reds commanding premium prices.
Red Pagoda presents one of Japan's Buddhist towers in the vivid vermilion lacquer that distinguished major temple structures from simpler domestic or secondary buildings. The red pagoda — possibly at Daigoji, Ninnaji, or another major Kyoto-region temple — would have provided Asano with one of his most chromatically powerful architectural subjects, the intense warm red of the lacquer creating a visual anchor that organized the surrounding landscape elements. His rendering of red against green or blue would have demonstrated the woodblock's capacity for vivid, unmodulated color.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Red Pagoda was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Red Pagoda uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Red Pagoda was published by Unsodo.
Red Pagoda depicts pagodas.
