Information
Date : 1935
Size : O-ban
Impression : Very good
Condition : Very good
Detail : Slight browning on reverse
Elizabeth Keith was born in Scotland and studied painting by herself.
In 1915, when Keith was 28 years old, she visited Japan to see her old sister, and then, she attracted to Japanese landscapes and cultures and started to learn Ukiyo-e.
She had spent in Japan for 9 years since the year and returned to Japan with her old sister from 1929 to 1933. Then she had traveled around Asia and created more than 100 artworks whose motifs are common scenery in the days.
Pagoda is a Buddhist temple (=religious building) that has several levels with a decorated roof at each level. Pagoda in this print is leaning, as we can see in the title, and it also looks that this pagoda is guarding the small village in the print. We can also feel the warm gaze of Keith in this work.