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National Treasure Red Gate (Kokuhô Sekimon), from “Memories of Tokyo” (Tôkyô kaikô zue)

Maeda Masao

Artwork Details

National Treasure Red Gate (Kokuhô Sekimon), from “Memories of Tokyo” (Tôkyô kaikô zue)
1945
Maeda Masao
color woodblock print on paper
7 15/16 in. x 10 5/8 in. ( 20.1 cm x 27 cm )
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
2004/1.112

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Gallery Rotation Fall 2011
Maeda Masao
Japan, 1904–1974
National Treasure Red Gate, from the series Memories of Tokyo
1945
Showa period (1926–89)
Color woodblock print on paper
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet, 2004/1.112

Subject Matter:

Maeda Masao was a member of the Creative Print (sôsaku hanga) movement, a group of artists dedicated to bringing individualism, experimentation, and autonomy to Japan’s centuries old ukiyo-e tradition. Landscape was a major subject of his prints. This work is one of fifteen prints that become the set titled "Recollections of Tokyo," published by Fugaku Shuppansha in 1945.

Physical Description:

This print depicts the National Treasure Red Gate, from the series "Memories of Tokyo."

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