Shiro Kasamatsu Woodblock The Main Gate of Zojoji Temple

The Main Gate of Zojoji Temple woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu from his series titled “Eight Views of Tokyo”  Zojoji Temple is the head temple of the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism in the Kanto Region.  It is an impressive temple complex housing the tombs of siz Tokugawa Shoguns. Its main gate, Sangedatsumon stands out as an imposing representation of traditional Buddhist architecture in the middle of central Tokyo.  It is the only temple structure in Tokyo to have survived the bombings of WW2. In excellent as new condition and unused condition and hand printed on washi with ink bleed through to the reverse.

Signed with the red Shiro Seal as well as the Publisher’s seal (Unsodo) on the margins of the print.  Originally published by Unsodo in 1953 this is a later print from the original woodblocks.  The Kento Cut on the bottom right of the print is further authentication as an Unsodo print.

Approximate Dimensions of Print  are height 36 cm and width 24 cm.  Approximate Dimensions of Sheet are height 41 cm and width 27 cm.

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Shiro Kasamatsu 1898 – 1991

A native of Tokyo, Kasamatsu is one of the foremost shin-hanga woodblock print artists in Japan.  Shiro studied art under Kaburagi Kiyokata at a young age.  He created his first woodblock prints for the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo in 1919 and continued to design shin-hanga prints for many years.  Shiro became famous for his landscapes and scenes of traditional Japanese life and created over hundred woodblock designs for the publisher Unsodo.  In the late 1950s he also started creating, carving and printing sosaku hanga or creative prints.