Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle — the greatest surviving example of Japanese feudal architecture, its white plastered walls and layered roofs earning it the name "White Heron Castle" — is depicted here in one of Yoshida's most formally magnificent Japanese subjects. The castle's complex of towers rising from its massive stone foundation provided Yoshida with exceptional compositional material, the geometry of Japanese castle architecture combining vertical drama with carefully calculated visual balance. His treatment captures the castle's famous silhouette with the precision and elegance that the subject demands.