Nagoya Castle
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Nagoya Castle — the great Owari domain fortress built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612, famous for the pair of gold shachihoko (dolphin-tigers) that crown its keep — is depicted in this Tokuriki print before or after the wartime destruction that required the castle's postwar reconstruction in 1959. The original castle's golden shachihoko and white walls made it one of Japan's most opulent castle designs, and Tokuriki's rendering captures the castle's imposing profile against the broad, flat Nobi Plain on which it stands.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nagoya Castle was created by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎).
Nagoya Castle uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Nagoya Castle was published by Unsodo.
Nagoya Castle depicts castles.