Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 103685
Stone Observatory in Kiyonju
- Artist / 作者
- Hiratsuka Unichi平塚運一
- Date / 年代
- 1925-1935
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 481 × 481 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 森川ミドリ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
After Korea became a colony of Japan in 1910, there was an increasing interest in Korean subjects, which became a popular genre of Japanese woodblock prints. This print depicts the Chamsongdae Observatory in the ancient Unified Shilla period (668-935) capital of Kyongju in the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula. Built in the 7th century, it is believed to be the oldest astronomical observatory in East Asia. Japanese scholars and archeologists, together with the general public, were particularly interested in this period of Korean history, when there was considerable cultural and technological exchange between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago. (“SELF-CONSTRUCTION: THE…
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