Cote d'Or

Cote d'Or — 'the golden slope' — names a Burgundian wine region, although in Kasai's titling practice the words function as much as a colour cue as a topographical reference. Within his catalogue, this print likely belongs to his European landscape and architectural register, executed in silkscreen with the [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradient layering that distinguishes his work. The 'gold' in the title points to a palette built on yellows, ochres, and warm browns, possibly modelling autumn vine slopes, late afternoon light, or the limestone surfaces of Burgundian villages. Without figures or staffage, the composition would centre on terrain and structure, with horizontal banding articulating the relationship between vineyard, hillside, and sky. Kasai's training at the École des Beaux-Arts and his long residence in France inform the European subjects that recur in his work, of which Cote d'Or is one. The print sits alongside his Mediterranean and Turkish series as part of a broader cartography of places he has known, each translated into the same controlled silkscreen vocabulary.