Jami Masjid, Delhi

Object Details

• Artist

  Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博 (1876-1950)

• Label

  Yoshida spent the New Year of 1931 in Delhi, where he continued to make sketches for his future prints. After returning to Japan, he chose as his subject the outer gateway to the Jami (Jama) Masjid, a mosque built in the mid-seventeenth century and one of the most impressive examples of the architectural projects undertaken by Shah-Jahan (reigned 1628–58), the same ruler who built the Taj Mahal as the tomb for his wife. White marble domes embellish the red sandstone gate that is approached via long stairways. Yoshida's interest in human activity is expressed here in his selection of a viewpoint that encompasses the market stalls in the foreground and includes many visitors resting on the brightly sunlit stairs.

• Provenance

  To 1996

  Henry Edwin Robison (1913-2008), Palo Alto, CA, to 1996

  From 1996

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Henry Edwin Robison in 1996

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Yoshida Hiroshi: Japanese Prints of India and Southeast Asia (August 1 to October 17, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henry Edwin Robison (1913-2008)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of H. Ed Robison in memory of Katherine W. Robison

• Type

  Print

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• Date

  1930s

• Name

  Robison, Henry Edwin

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints