Gate Horyūji, Nara

1907–1997

Gate Horyūji, Nara, 1970, Showa period (1926–1989)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 376 x 524 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 13/16 x 20 5/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 452 x 600 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 17 13/16 x 23 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in

Credit line: Gift of Hal M. Davison, Class of 1949

Accession number: 1998.0813

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Japan Re-imagined/Post-war Art," Mar-2008, Kris Ercums
Part of the international renown Saitō achieved during the 1960s hinged on his successful reframing of Japanese historic architecture in compelling contemporary visual idioms. His use of broad swaths of color rendered in
organic, soft shapes drew upon wider trends in popular visual culture. These two elements—classic subject matter and contemporary design—indulged an exotic, oriental “otherness” prevalent among foreign audiences who continued to uphold a quaint view of Japan that differed fundamentally from the quickly modernizing economic powerhouse that was emerging onto the world scene.