Accession Number
2004/1.112

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

Artist(s)
Maeda Masao

Object Creation Date
1945

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
7 15/16 in. x 10 5/8 in. ( 20.1 cm x 27 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet

Label copy
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."

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Additional Object Classification(s)
Print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
gates
trees