Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)
Gokokuji Temple Bell Tower (Clear Weather after Snow) (Gokokuji Shoro (yuki bare)), March 1933
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shiro'
With artist's red seal
Dated: Showa 8 (1933), March
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'D' seal, consistent with printing 1929-42)
Signed: 'Shiro'
With artist's red seal
Dated: Showa 8 (1933), March
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'D' seal, consistent with printing 1929-42)
Vertical oban:
39 x 26.4 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.)
39 x 26.4 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.)
Good impression and colour. Minor soiling, creasing and rubbing to margins, pinhole at upper left edge. Two light marks within the snowy foreground. The reverse with remnant of a small paper label at top left corner.
'Made in Japan' stamp to verso.
'Made in Japan' stamp to verso.
£ 1,200.00
Founded in 1681, Gokokuji Temple is a well-preserved Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Many of the buildings survived the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake as well as the World War II...
Founded in 1681, Gokokuji Temple is a well-preserved Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Many of the buildings survived the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake as well as the World War II bombing of Tokyo, and it is therefore one of the few Edo period historic sites that remain in Tokyo today. The temple's bell tower, depicted here, was constructed in the mid-Edo period with a traditional multi-layered gabled roof and houses the original bell which was donated in 1682.
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), go to:
https://collections.lacma.org/node/190480
Another impression of the same print is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), go to:
https://collections.lacma.org/node/190480