Kikyo-Mon Gate

by Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)

€140.00

Type
Original woodblock print
First edition
1955
This edition
2022
Image size
36.5 × 24.0 cm
Condition
Excellent
Publisher
Unsodo
Printer
Harada
Carver
Nagashima

Description

The Kikyo-Mon Gate (or Kikyo-gate) is part of Edo Castle, which housed various shoguns and later became part of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Kasamatsu Shiro renders it here on a tranquil day with only a few birds in sight, very similar to how one might encounter it today.