Temple with mounds of mums on a riverbank
by Yuhan Ito
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A temple compound edges a riverbank where chrysanthemums bloom in dense autumn mounds — white, yellow, and rust — in this richly seasonal composition by Yuhan Ito. The chrysanthemum is the imperial flower of Japan, its autumn blooming a traditional occasion for garden viewing and quiet contemplation, and Ito sets it here against the steady architecture of a temple to emphasize the contrast between the flowers' fleeting glory and the permanence of the ancient hall behind them. The composition finds its poetry in this confrontation of transience and permanence.
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Temple with mounds of mums on a riverbank was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Temple with mounds of mums on a riverbank depicts landscapes and temples & shrines.