Title: 鎌倉の大佛 The Great Buddha in Kamakura.
Artist: Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981).
Signed/Sealed to margin:
Published by: 京都版画院 (Kyoto Hanga-in), Kyoto. 品川版 (Shinagawa) to margin, together with Shinagawa seal beneath.
Likely a later edition to the first edition of 1949 - printed using the original blocks, circa 1960-1980.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: H: 42.00cm x W: 29.25cm.
Condition: Fine. Stored well in original mount/folder. Printing impression = darker tones/bokashi to lower half of image. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: The Great Buddha of Kamakura by Gihachiro Okuyama depicts the bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha within Kotoku-in Temple, Kamakura city, Kanagawa prefecture. Sitting at over 11m tall, the statue was completed in 1243 and initially sat enshrined within Daibutsu-den Hall. However, typhoons of 1334 & 1369 and the Nankai earthquake/ensuing Tsunami of 1498 destroyed the structure and the Great Buddha has sat in the open grounds since.
A titled National Treasure by the Japanese government, large numbers of Buddhists continue to travel from all over the world every year to pay their respects. A celebrated piece in Japanese buddist art culture - many of Okuyama’s contemporaries to include Kawase Hasui, Tsuchiya Koitsu, & Tokuriki Tomikichiro have all composed & printed their own compositions of Amitabha Buddha.
Official Website: https://www.kotoku-in.jp/en/
Title: 鎌倉の大佛 The Great Buddha in Kamakura.
Artist: Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981).
Signed/Sealed to margin:
Published by: 京都版画院 (Kyoto Hanga-in), Kyoto. 品川版 (Shinagawa) to margin, together with Shinagawa seal beneath.
Likely a later edition to the first edition of 1949 - printed using the original blocks, circa 1960-1980.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: H: 42.00cm x W: 29.25cm.
Condition: Fine. Stored well in original mount/folder. Printing impression = darker tones/bokashi to lower half of image. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: The Great Buddha of Kamakura by Gihachiro Okuyama depicts the bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha within Kotoku-in Temple, Kamakura city, Kanagawa prefecture. Sitting at over 11m tall, the statue was completed in 1243 and initially sat enshrined within Daibutsu-den Hall. However, typhoons of 1334 & 1369 and the Nankai earthquake/ensuing Tsunami of 1498 destroyed the structure and the Great Buddha has sat in the open grounds since.
A titled National Treasure by the Japanese government, large numbers of Buddhists continue to travel from all over the world every year to pay their respects. A celebrated piece in Japanese buddist art culture - many of Okuyama’s contemporaries to include Kawase Hasui, Tsuchiya Koitsu, & Tokuriki Tomikichiro have all composed & printed their own compositions of Amitabha Buddha.
Official Website: https://www.kotoku-in.jp/en/
