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Title: Tennoji Temple, Osaka (1927)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.japan-experience.com/all-about-japan/osaka/temples-and-shrines-in-japan/shitennoji-temple-tennoji-osaka #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #ShitennojiTemple #Osaka #Japan

A solitary figure visits Osaka's Shitennoji Temple on a dark winter night, pausing in the deserted courtyard. Footprints in the fresh snow reveal the figure's interrupted progress; the bamboo umbrella the figure holds hides their head. Beyond, the nearby temple buildings are deserted and closed up, while further on, taller buildings and the five-story pagoda are shadowy, details obscured by the dim light. Snow falls across the scene.

Shitennoji Temple in Osaka: the first temple in Japan

Shitennoji Temple: read a guide to Shitennoji Temple in Tennoji, Osaka, the oldest state temple in Japan founded by Prince Shotoku in 593.

atomicker

@atomicker@mstdn.ca · 4 days ago

Title: Tennoji Temple, Osaka (1927)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.japan-experience.com/all-about-japan/osaka/temples-and-shrines-in-japan/shitennoji-temple-tennoji-osaka #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #ShitennojiTemple #Osaka #Japan

Shitennoji Temple in Osaka: the first temple in Japan

Shitennoji Temple: read a guide to Shitennoji Temple in Tennoji, Osaka, the oldest state temple in Japan founded by Prince Shotoku in 593.

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Reg

@RegRivett@mstdn.ca · 4 days ago

It's an abnormally warm January day here, but a piece of my soul is stuck in a place like this.

Nestled in the snow-covered mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, the small hamlet of Hataori in Shiobara is engulfed in a blizzard. No, I don't want a Blizzard here, but to be so nestled and hunkered down in a warm and safe place.

This is today's #AntiAIArtwork.

Hasui Kawase spent part of his childhood here and later returned during his wartime evacuation, capturing the harshness and quiet beauty of this familiar landscape. Though the heavy snowfall obscures much of the view, the warm glow spilling from the village windows offers a tender sense of refuge amid the storm. Following the disruption of the Pacific War, Hasui resumed creating landscapes, a practice he continued until his death in 1957. Two versions of this work exist: one dominated by cool blue tones and another rendered in rich blacks and purples.

Enjoy!

Thank you to DailyArt.

#HasuiKawase #TheHamletofHataoriinShiobara #BeautyWillSaveTheWorld