About This Print
Funasaka has silkscreened a monotone photograph as the background of this print to simulate a moonlight view of the Mt. Fuji-shaped Kogetsudai ("Moon-viewing platform") at Kyoto's Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion.) Superimposed on this photograph are seven of his unique brightly colored vertical forms, along with splotches of black ink. Perhaps his vibrant forms are just visitors to the temple? While the temple dates to the late 1400s, the Zen-inspired moon-viewing platform, made from sand, was added in the 1600s. On moonlit nights the Kogetsudai illuminates the Silver Pavilion.The artist also created a diptych of this same view of Kogetsudai. Please see IHL Cat. #987 and 1049 for details on this diptych.
Kogetsudai
verso of print
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #985 |
| Title or Description | Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto |
| Artist | Funasaka Yoshisuke (b. 1939) |
| Signature | Y. Funasaka in pencil |
| Seal | none |
| Publication Date | 1984 |
| Edition | 43 of 50 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | unknown, but possibly self-printed or printed by A. Sakayori who Funasaka started working with during the early 1970s |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga; contemporary |
| Miscellaneous | "Y Funasaka" watermark is visible along left margin when print is held up to light. |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 17 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (45.1 x 60.3 cm) |
| H x W Image | 15 x 20 3/4 in. (38.1 x 52.7 cm) |
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