Jonangu Shrine, set in the Fushimi district at the southern edge of Kyoto, is associated with travel safety, directional protection, and a celebrated garden that blooms with weeping plum and shidare-zakura. This print likely centers on one of the shrine's vermilion gates or a haiden hall framed by garden plantings, a common Tokuriki strategy for shrine subjects. The composition would deploy the bright shu red traditional to Shinto architecture against the muted greens and earth tones of pine and gravel, with [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) softening the transition between sky and tree canopy. Crisp keyblock lines define the curved roof eaves and the geometry of the torii. Tokuriki devoted a substantial portion of his prolific output to Kyoto's religious sites, producing both individual sheets and bound series that functioned as art and as guide. Working in the postwar decades, he carried forward the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) sensibility for atmospheric color while increasingly self-printing in the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) manner, depending on the edition. The result is a documentary record of Kyoto's sacred geography rendered through traditional mokuhanga technique.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Jo Nangu Shrine Kyoto was created by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎).
Jo Nangu Shrine Kyoto depicts castles and temples & shrines.
