Takasawa Keiichi Painting Collection - 高沢圭一画集

Dated 1977, this print associated with a painting collection publication (画集) served as a documentary or commemorative work marking a stage in Takasawa's career. Gashu — artist's collection volumes — were important milestones in the Japanese print world, and the 1977 version predates the 1984 version by seven years, suggesting that this was an earlier retrospective publication. The print itself would have embodied the artist's vision of his central subjects at that moment.