Shiba Great Gate in Snow, from the series 100 Views of New Tokyo

Maker(s)
Artist: Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957)
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Historical period(s)
Showa era, 1936
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 32 x 22.7 cm (12 5/8 x 8 15/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Robert O. Muller Collection
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2003.8.853
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Print
Type

Woodblock print

Keywords
gate, Japan, Robert O. Muller collection, Showa era (1926 - 1989), shrine, snow
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Marking(s)

Artist seal: Kawase
Publisher seal

Label

This print suggests a quiet, muted meeting of the traditional and the modern realms. Zo jo i, a Buddhist temple located in the heart of modern Tokyo, traces its origins to the ninth century but enjoyed especially great prestige throughout the Edo period (1615-1868) because it was the favored temple of the Tokugawa shogunate. This effective, slightly melancholic essay about the reception of modernity is ironically undermined by the fact that the red temple gate is a concrete reproduction. The earlier wooden structure was relocated to another temple after the gate sustained damage during the 1923 earthquake.

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Whistler's Neighborhood
Google Cultural Institute
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