Catalog ID: 4502
Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: India and Southeast Asia
Edition: First
Date: 1931
Publisher: The Artist - Privately Published
Reference No.: Abe #148
Size: 10 -1/2 x 15 -3/4 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: India and Southeast Asia
Edition: First
Date: 1931
Publisher: The Artist - Privately Published
Reference No.: Abe #148
Size: 10 -1/2 x 15 -3/4 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
Pencil signed and titled by the artist. Jizuri seal, upper left margin.
The Golden Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in the world, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama. Built on the 51-metre-high (167 ft) Singuttara Hill, the 112 m (367 ft) tall pagoda stands 170 m (560 ft) above sea level, and dominates the Yangon skyline. Yoshida's main purpose on his trip to India and Southeast Asia was to sketch the Taj Mahal in Agra. He created six prints of the Taj Mahal and these works were numbered by their dates of printing.