Very good condition with clear and vivid colors. No remarkable stains or wrinkles. No repairs have been made. It has been backed. It is almost 10% smaller in size than the original one from 1925.
A beautiful view of a woman walking along the left side of the main gate of Zōjōji Temple in Tokyo, shielding herself with a paper umbrella from the falling snow on a winter day.
Zōjōji is affiliated with the Jōdō Shū, or Pure Land sect of Buddhism, and serves as the main temple of this sect in the Kantō region. The temple was closely associated with the Tokugawa family,
who ruled Japan during the Edo period. Six Tokugawa shōguns are buried in its mausoleum. The main gate, known as Sangedatsumon (三解脱門), is considered the oldest wooden building in Tokyo, dating
back to 1622. Today, the Tokyo Tower rises behind the temple, creating a striking contrast between historical and modern Tokyo.
This print is not the original 1925 edition published by Watanabe Shōzaburō, a key figure in the shin hanga movement to which the print belongs. It is a 1934 reproduction, woodblock-printed and issued
as the only edition by the Ōsaka Mainichi Publishing Company, distributed as a magazine supplement.
Very good condition with clear and vivid colors. No remarkable stains or wrinkles. No repairs have been made. It has been backed. It is almost 10% smaller in size than the original one from 1925.
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Series | Twenty views of Tōkyō. (Tōkyō nijūkkei, 東京二十景). |
Author | Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水). |
Size | Aiban (合判). |
Publisher | Ōsaka mainichi shinbun (大阪毎日新聞). |
Number | 14 |
Genre | Meisho-e (名所絵), fūkei-ga (風景画), shin-hanga (新版画). |
Period | Replica from 1934 |
Trimmed | No |
Backed | Yes |
Code | HKS01001 |