Shiro | Great Lantern at the Kannon Temple, Asakusa
笠松紫浪 Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1991）
浅草观音堂大提灯
Great Lantern at the Kannon Temple, Asakusa
1934
木版画 | 纵绘大大判 | 39cm x 26.4cm
Woodblock-print | Large oban tate-e | 39cm x 26.4cm
第二版次，带渡边6mm的圆章；品相非常好
Second edition, with 6mm publisher seal by Watanabe; great condition
$1,100
浅草观音堂，即浅草寺本堂，日本旧国宝，位于今东京都台东区浅草二丁目，始建于公元628年，其后曾数遭祝融之灾，多次重建修葺；1945年不幸焚毁于东京大轰炸所导致的大火之中，1958年重建，并在基本还原江户时代建筑样貌的同时，提高了防火与防震等级。时间回到20世纪三十年代初，彼时的观音堂刚刚经历大修，伴随着耳边不绝的脚步声，堂前人来人往，香火鼎盛。红墙赤梁之间，硕大的红灯笼直叫人移不开眼。因其为东京新桥的多家料亭、茶屋及多名艺伎所出资供奉，故在灯笼体上书有颇具艺术感的“志ん橋”字样。画面右侧木看板上，为手书楹联上联：实相非庄严金碧装成安乐刹；其未入画的下联为：真身绝表象云霞画出补（普）陀山。无论重修复建多少次，大慈大悲的观世音菩萨，应该也依然会在这里听取人间的每个祈愿吧。
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Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1991)
Shiro Kasamatsu studied art with the painter Kaburagi Kiyokata beginning when he was very young, focusing at first on portraits of beautiful women. Watanabe Shozaburo saw his paintings in a show in 1919 and added him to his stable of Shin Hanga stars.
Shiro quickly gained renown for his landscapes of famous landmarks — always with a romantic vision — and his scenes of traditional Japanese life. Later, up until 1960, he worked with the Kyoto publisher Unsodo, creating more than 100 designs.
One of the last Shin Hanga designers, Shiro eventually experimented with sosaku hanga — creative prints — in which the artist carved and printed his own designs.