Yakenokoritaru Asakusa Kannondō (Unscathed Kannon Hall at Asakusa Temple), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake)
Nishizawa Tekiho, Yakenokoritaru Asakusa Kannondō (Unscathed Kannon Hall at Asakusa Temple), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake), 1924, color woodblock print on paper, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Paquet, © Heirs of Nishizawa Tekiho, 88.6.4
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- Title
Yakenokoritaru Asakusa Kannondō (Unscathed Kannon Hall at Asakusa Temple), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake)
- Related Titles
original language: 焼残りたる浅草観音堂
series (original language): 大正震火災木版画集
series (translated): Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake
series (transliterated): Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū
translated: Unscathed Kannon Hall at Asakusa Temple
transliterated: Yakenokoritaru Asakusa Kannondō
- Artist
- Date
1924
- Period
Japan: Taishō period (1912-1926)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 8 7/16 in x 11 7/16 in; sheet: 8 15/16 in x 11 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
titleあ: 焼残りたる // 浅草観音堂, printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): yakenokoritaru Asakusa Kannondō (unscathed Kannon Hall at Asakusa) Language: Japanese
artist's seal: , printed in red relief within oval cartouche, upper right Language: Japanese Description: Undeciphered seal
signature: 笛畝, printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration: Tekiho Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Paquet
- Accession Number
88.6.4
- Copyright
© Heirs of Nishizawa Tekiho
- Terms
Taishô shinkasai mokuhangashû (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishô Earthquake), 1924
In 1924, the Japanese publisher Hoshino Seki issued a set of thirty-six prints depicting scenes from the aftermath of the September 1, 1923 great Tokyo earthquake. He commissioned six artists to each produce six designs based on eye witness sketches and accounts, which the master carver Nagashima Kiichi and printer Tamura Tetsunosuke then translated into color woodblock prints for the portfolio.
An important part of the Portland Art Museum collection of Japanese prints (88.6.1-36), the Museum is placing this historic series online at this time to honor the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan.
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
2022; 2023 Human Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints Portland Art Museum
