No. 3 Cave Temple in Ellora

Maker(s): Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博 (1876 - 1950)

Historical period(s): Showa era, 1932

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: H x W: 27.5 x 40.9 cm (10 13/16 x 16 1/8 in)

Geography: Japan

Credit Line: Gift of H. Ed Robison in memory of Katherine W. Robison

Accession Number: S1996.29

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Print

Type: Woodblock print

Keywords: cave, Japan, Showa era (1926 - 1989), temple, WWII-era provenance

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

Previous Owner(s): Henry Edwin Robison 1913 - 2008

Label: The caves at Ellora are numbered in a sequence that runs from south to north at the site. Cave 3 was a Buddhist assembly hall with massive columns. Yoshida appears to have selected a lateral view of the entrance area, where visitors walk toward the dark interior from the sunlit entranceway at right. The artist excelled at representing the effects of light through printing techniques that employed many layers of color.

Collection Area(s): Japanese Art

Web Resources: Whistler's Neighborhood; Google Cultural Institute

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