About This Print
A castle rises above the trees and hills but this scene is stolen by the intense blue sky. The artist has reused the blocks from his below earlier work Evening over the Castle.Hirosaki Castle, built in 1611, is the likely model for this print.
 Evening over the Castle, 1967 |  城 (Castle), 1970 IHL Cat. #492 |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #492 |
| Title | Castle (城) |
| Series | |
| Artist | Takagi Shirō (1934-1998) |
| Signature | S. Takagi in English in bottom margin |
| Seal | not sealed |
| Publication Date | 1970 |
| Edition | 37 of 100 |
| Publisher | self-published and printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor foxing and toning most noticeable in margins; minor damage to upper left margin |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative prints) |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 16 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (41 x 32.4 cm ) |
| H x W Image | 14 3/8 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm) |
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