Pagodas Prints (3)
Pagodas in Japanese woodblock prints, from Kyoto's five-story Toji pagoda to Nikko's ornate structures. These multi-tiered Buddhist towers serve as dramatic vertical elements in landscape compositions, often silhouetted against sky or framed by seasonal foliage.
Artists Known for Pagodas
Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to)
Ikegami Honmonji no to
1954
Color woodblock print
Rain at Nara, the Pagoda at Kofuku Temple (Nara no ame Kofukuji no to)
Nara no ame Kofukuji no to
1951
Color woodblock print
Five-storied Pagoda at Nikko (Nikko Goju no to)
1920
Color woodblock print; oban