Shalimar Garden, Lahore by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1932 new england This unusual perspective invites the

This unusual perspective invites the viewer to inhabit the astronomer’s eyepiece

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Historical significance: The map is oriented with the North at the bottom

Date of Creation: 1572 (originally engraved in 1567)

Shalimar Garden, Lahore by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1932 new england This unusual perspective invites theSharamaru Gaaden (Shalimar Garden, Lahore) (1932) by Yoshida Hiroshi captures a moment of exquisite stillness inside one of South Asias most storied Mughal gardens. A leading figure of Japans shin hanga movement, Yoshida traveled widely in the early twentieth century, translating far flung vistas into the refined language of Japanese woodblock printing. Here, his eye settles on the formal geometry of Lahores Shalimar Gardenits pavilions, terraces, and