Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 68861

Aoba Castle in Sendai

Artist / 作者
Kawase Hasui川瀬巴水
Date / 年代
1933
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
867 × 1200 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
水野ナギ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

KAWASE HASUI Aoba Castle, Sendai from the series estate of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition Date: originally published December 1933; Size: approx. 10.5" x 15.5" Documentation: Kawase Hasui -- The Complete Woodblock Prints, Hotei, 2003, page 442 print #305 ABOUT AOBA CASTLE Aoba Castle was built in 1600 by the powerful feudal lord Date Masamune. Because of considerations for the castle's defense, Masamune chose to locate his fortifications on Mount Aoba, 100 meters above the town below. In the last 400 years the castle endured the anti-feudal fervor of the Meiji era, a giant fire in 1882 and the carpet bombing of 1945. Now all that is left of the castle are remnants of the outer…

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