Kofukuji Temple, Nara
- Date:
- 1937
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 39.3 × 25.7 cm
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Kofukuji pagoda at Nara is one of Japan's oldest surviving wooden structures, its five-tiered silhouette rising above the deer-grazed grounds of Nara Park. Koitsu renders the 1937 scene with an autumnal color palette, the pagoda's ancient wood glowing amber against a sky rendered in careful bokashi gradation. Nara's position as Japan's eighth-century capital lends the image an additional historical gravity — this temple complex once rivaled any in Asia.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kofukuji Temple, Nara was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸) in 1937.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara was published by Doi Sadaichi (1937).
Kofukuji Temple, Nara depicts temples & shrines, set at Nara.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara measures 39.3 × 25.7 cm (Oban format).