Yakushi-ji Temple, Nara City, Japan

Painting

Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Yakushi-ji Temple, Nara City, Japan

Entry/Object ID

2013.003.0001

Acquisition

Accession

2013.003

Source or Donor

Kristine A. Mulhorn

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Kristine A. Mulhorn, PhD, and Ayumu Yokohama

Notes

Source: Gifted to Drexel after the exhibition "Oil Paintings by Japanese Artist Tokujiro Nishi" April 1 - May 17, 2013, Rincliffe Gallery

Made/Created

Artist

Tokujiro Nishi

Date made

1978

Place

City

Tokyo

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

37 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Notes

Framed

Height

36 in

Width

29 in

Dimension Notes

Unframed

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Tokujiro Nishi was a 20th century Japanese artist who began his studies under Masao Hato, founder of the Sakujutsu-Kai, an artist group created to keep the tradition of oil painting alive in Japan. The temple depicted is a seventh-century temple and one of Japan’s oldest. It was constucted by Emperor Tenmu for the recovery of his sick wife. The colors Nishi used reflect the actual colors of the temple and the thick impasto echos the works of the French painters styles introduced to Japan in 1878.