Sanjusangendo, Kyoto's famous hall of a thousand Buddhas, is one of Asano's most frequently depicted subjects. This version typically sells for $250-$700. The temple's distinctive elongated architecture lends itself well to woodblock composition, and Asano renders it with a quiet dignity that collectors find appealing.
Sanjusangen-do — the Hall of Thirty-Three Bays at Rengeo-in Temple in Kyoto — is one of Japan's most extraordinary architectural spaces, its long narrow hall housing 1,001 golden statues of the Thousand-armed Kannon. Asano returned to this temple repeatedly as a subject, drawn by both its architectural singularity and its location in the Higashiyama district he knew intimately as a Kyoto native. This version presents the temple in its characteristic long horizontal profile, the building's extraordinary length — 120 meters, the longest wooden structure in Japan — providing a compositional challenge that Asano met with characteristic geometric confidence.
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.
Sanjusangen-do (三十三間堂) was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Sanjusangen-do uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Sanjusangen-do was published by Unsodo.
Sanjusangen-do depicts temples & shrines, religious, and architecture.
