Yakushiji Temple Pagoda West of Nara (Nara Nishi-no-kyo, Yakushiji to)

Hiratsuka Un’ichi was one of the major figures to emerge from the sosaku hanga (creative print) movement in Japan. He taught printmaking at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from the inception of its Department of Printmaking in 1935. His mature period is characterized by prints done in black ink only, a style that sprang from his appreciation for the Japanese traditions of ink painting and line drawing.Here one of Yakushiji Temple’s famous pagodas rises up from the trees, visible over the roofs of buildings that make up the temple complex.