About This Print
Always in love with rooftops, Sekino presents us with a tantalizing view of the rooftop of Kōshi-byō, the Chinese Confucian temple in Nagasaki. Where did he perch in order to give us this view?
Nagasaki Confucian Temple
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Shrine,_Nagasaki
Kōshi-byō (孔子廟) is a Confucian temple in Nagasaki, Japan. Today the land on which it stands is owned by the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. First built in 1893 by Chinese residents of Nagasaki with the support of the Qing Dynasty government, the shrine was designed to serve as a place of worship and learning for the Chinese community, and housed a Confucian sanctuary and primary school. The buildings were severely damaged by the atomic bomb explosion on August 9, 1945 and were not restored and opened to the public until September 1967. The shrine was extensively renovated in 1982. Standing outside the shrine are 72 statues representing the 72 followers of Confucius.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2200 |
| Title |  Print title normally shown as 長崎孔子廟 Nagasaki Kōshi-byō Nagasaki Confucian Temple |
| Series | |
| Artist | Sekino Jun’ichirō (1914 - 1988) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | 1975 |
| Edition | open edition |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printed | printed by one of the artist's studio printers |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative prints) |
| Miscellaneous | paper watermarked with artist's name in center of bottom margin |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 16 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (41 x 54.6 cm) |
| H x W Image | 12 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (32.7 x 46.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | Sekino Jun'ichirō hanga sakuhin shū 關野準一郎版画作品集 [Jun-ichiro Sekino The Prints], Sekino, Abe Shuppansha, 1997, no. 601, p. 121 |
1/14/2020 created
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