Giclée Repro of Great Buddha of Kamakura Okuyama Gihachirō 1943 Woodblock Print 15.5" Bamboo Bridging the Edo and Meiji

Bridging the Edo and Meiji aesthetic worlds

known as "shippō-yaki

and worldly prosperity — his rice bales representing the fullness of the harvest

The original was published by Akiyama Buemon

faint but clearly symbolic — a traditional sign of Buddhist purity or enlightenment

Giclée Repro of Great Buddha of Kamakura Okuyama Gihachirō 1943 Woodblock Print 15.5" Bamboo Bridging the Edo and MeijiA beautifully detailed gicle reproduction of the 1943 woodblock print Great Buddha of Kamakura () by Okuyama Gihachir (, 19071981). This print captures the serene grandeur of the famous bronze Amida Buddha at Ktoku in Temple in Kamakura, bathed in the deep blue hues of twilight beneath drifting golden clouds. The image exemplifies Gihachirs mastery of light and atmosphere within the shin hanga and ssaku hanga traditions. His sensitive color gradations