Shiba Great Gate in Snow, from the series 100 Views of New Tokyo 新東京百景　芝大門雪

Object Details

• Artist

  Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957)

• Publisher

  S. Watanabe Color Print Co.

• Signatures

  Hasui

• Marks

  Artist seal: Kawase

  Artist seal: Kawase

• 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

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Worlds of Dreams: Modern Japanese Engravings from the Collection of Robert O. Muller (October 26, 2006 to January 7, 2007)

  Dream Worlds: Modern Japanese Prints and Paintings from the Robert O. Muller Collection (November 06, 2004 to January 7, 2007)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Robert O. Muller Collection

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1930s

• Name

  Kawase, Hasui, S. Watanabe Color Print Co.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Shrine, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Snow, Robert O. Muller collection, Japanese Art, Gate

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints