Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 107383

Garden Sugaku-in

Artist / 作者
Asai Kiyoshi朝井清
Date / 年代
1963
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
481 × 372 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

The Shugaku-in Imperial Villa is a set of gardens and outer buildings (mostly tea houses) in the hills of the eastern suburbs of Kyoto. The Villa’s construction was initiated by retired Emperor Go-Mizunö, in the year 1655. In this print, Saitö represents the stylized curvilinear shapes of a stone lantern (törö), a garden path, mounds of grass, and trees trimmed into round forms. These motifs resemble contemporaneous surrealist and minimalist sculptures such as the work of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). This print superbly blends elements of both Asian and Western culture. (from Saito Kiyoshi exhibition 3/20/07-)

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