Yakushiji Temple, Nara
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Yakushiji Temple, Nara
Date: 1951
Description: 17-01-2005 Title Yakushi Temple Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Signature Hasui Seal artist’s seal (sui) Dated 1951 Publisher Watanabe Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent … (printing ca. 1945-1957) woodgrains visible on the sky. Colors excellent Condition very good … several light creases. Description “Nara, Yakushi-ji” (Yakushi Temple in Nara). Devil’s masks on the roof and five story pagoda are seen on a clear day after snow. The temple houses Yakushi Buddha (Skt. Bhaisajyaguru, patron of medicine and healing) and Twelve Divine Generals. Note (no Watanabe seals). The English handwritings on the lower margin was not by Hasui but by a Watanabe employee for the prints sent to the stores for the occupational forces right after W.W.II. Format Oban tate-e Width 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm Height 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, “Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints”, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, – pg.559, pl.559
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