Nikko 5 Story Pagoda
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The five-story pagoda of Toshogu Shrine at Nikko, one of Japan's most lavishly decorated Edo-period structures, appears here in another of Koitsu's Nikko treatments — the vertical shaft of the pagoda rising from its forested setting against a sky rendered in characteristic bokashi gradation. The pagoda's unusual engineering, which allows the upper floors to sway independently in earthquakes, is invisible in the image's composed beauty, but the structure's survival over centuries gives it the weight of proven resilience.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nikko 5 Story Pagoda was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸).
Nikko 5 Story Pagoda was published by Doi Sadaichi.
Nikko 5 Story Pagoda depicts temples & shrines and pagodas, set at Nikko.