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Brian Shure

Geku

Maker

Brian Shure (American, b. 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio), (Former RISD Faculty, Printmaking)
Paul Mullowney, printer
Yoshimura Shosaku, mounter

Title

Geku

Year

2000

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

aquatint, ink, burnishing

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 45.7 x 172.7 cm (18 x 68 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2001.6

Type

Articles

Geku

Exhibition History

Mountain and Water 山水
Selections from Japan and China
May 10, 2025 – Dec 14, 2025

Label copy

During an artist residency in Japan, Brian Shure sketched sites within the Ise shrine complex, one of the most sacred places in the Shinto religion. Shure transferred his sketches into print using techniques including spitbite aquatint and drypoint. The resulting panorama, presented here, shows Geku, Ise’s outer shrine. The site is dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu-Omikami and Toyo’uke-no-Omikami, deity of food, clothing, and housing.

Locally Made
Jul 12, 2013 – Nov 15, 2013

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Tombstone

Brian Shure (American, b. 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio)
Paul Mullowney, printer
Yoshimura Shosaku, mounter
Geku, 2000
Spitbite aquatint, drypoint, and burnishing, printed in metallic ink on indigo paper, mounted on a silk scroll
Plate: 45.7 x 172.7 cm (18 x 68 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2001.6

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