Autumn Temple
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$1,000–$6,000. Temple scenes are among the most popular subjects for this artist. Good farmhouse etchings: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: Tanaka's exquisite farmhouse etchings are beloved by collectors worldwide. Since his death in 2019, prices have firmed. Traditional thatched-roof subjects are most popular.
Description
A temple precinct glimpsed in autumn, its grounds covered with fallen leaves and its structures framed by the fiery canopy of maples and ginkgos. Tanaka uses the season's color — even translated through the restrained palette of woodblock — to evoke the melancholic beauty of temples in autumn, a subject beloved in Japanese art since the Heian period. The quiet emptiness of the scene, its paths unpopulated, intensifies the feeling of sacred solitude.
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Fushimi Inari Temple
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Temple with lanterns
Woodblock print
A Section of the Byodo Temple at Uji (Uji Byodoin no ichibu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Autumn Temple was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平).
Autumn Temple depicts temples & shrines and autumn foliage.