About This Print
The last of eight prints in the series The Eight Views of Japan (Nihon Hakkei) published by Uchida Woodblock Printing Company sometime in the 1950s. This print, depicting Kiyomizu Temple and several of its associated buildings in winter snow, was originally published in 1941 as part of the series Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places (see image below.)
Print as originally issued in 1941 as part of the series
Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places
The Series - The Eight Views of Japan
This series reused eight previously issued images from the 1941 series Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places (Seichi Shiseki Meisho) and re-issued them in a portfolio of prints titled Eight Views of Japan. It appears that the same blocks were used for both series. The information in the right margin which appeared in the 1941 issue has been removed, except for the copyright notice, and the publisher has used their "han moto u chida da" octagonal seal below the artist's signature on each print. (For information on the earlier series Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places see Table of Contents from the series Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places.)The table of contents pasted into the inside of the folder notes that the prints are "Selections from Prints of Places of Historic and Scenic Interest" (a.k.a. Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places) and that it contains "2 each of four seasons."
For pictures of the series' folder, Table of Contents and the other prints in the series see The Cherry Blossoms of Mount Shigi in Nara Prefecture from the series The Eight Views of Japan.
Kiyomizu Temple
Source: website of alafista.com "Connecting you to Cool Japan" http://www.alafista.com/2013/06/05/todays-japan-photo-kiyomizu-dera-3/Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), known more fully as Otowa-sanKiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺) is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. Thetemple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and OtsuCities) UNESCO World Heritage site. (It should not be confused withKiyomizu-dera in Yasugi, Shimane, which is part of the 33-temple route of theChūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage through western Japan.)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #935 |
| Title | Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto 京都 清水寺 |
| Series | The Eight Views of Japan 日本八景 Nippon hakkei |
| Artist | Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) |
| Signature | Tomikichirō saku |
| Seal | no artist's seal |
| Date | c. 1950s |
| Edition | originally published 1941 as part of the series Scenes of Sacred and Historic Places |
| Publisher |  |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - tipped to original backing as issued |
| Genre | shin hanga (new print); fūkeiga |
| Miscellaneous | #8 in the series; copyright notice is in lower right margin of print |
| Format | horizontal oban |
| H x W Paper | 11 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (28.6 x 41.9 cm) |
| H x W Image | 10 3/8 x 15 (26.4 x 38.1 cm) |
| Collections This Print | The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo P00193 |
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