Soyangsa Temple in Inner Diamond Mountain (Nae Keum Kang), Korea
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Soyangsa Temple in the Inner Diamond Mountains of Korea — the Nae Keum Kang, among the most sacred mountain landscapes in Korean Buddhist tradition — is rendered in Hiratsuka's direct woodblock style. The 1940 print captures the temple complex embedded in the mountain's dramatic terrain, the sacred buildings clinging to cliffs of a landscape already celebrated before Hiratsuka documented it. The Diamond Mountains were later divided by the Korean War.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Soyangsa Temple in Inner Diamond Mountain (Nae Keum Kang), Korea was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1940.
Soyangsa Temple in Inner Diamond Mountain (Nae Keum Kang), Korea depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and mountains.