138 Serigraph G

The title's reference to "Serigraph G" alongside its catalog designation as mokuhanga suggests this work may incorporate or reference silkscreen aesthetics within a woodblock framework, a hybrid approach that became more common in postwar Japanese printmaking as artists moved between processes. The numeric designation "138" and letter suffix "G" point to inclusion in a hangaten (print exhibition) or a systematic series ordering rather than a commercial publisher's edition. Without confirmed biographical details for Sawada Tetsuro, the work can be situated within the broader tradition of sosaku-hanga, in which artists conceived, carved, and printed their own works, frequently experimenting with non-traditional formats and abstract subject matter rather than the figurative genres—bijin-ga, meisho-e, kacho-e—of earlier ukiyo-e. The continued use of washi paper and hand-applied baren pressure remained typical even where the visual language shifted toward modernist abstraction. Specific compositional details cannot be confirmed without direct examination, but the title situates this print within the artist's exhibition output rather than a commissioned narrative or landscape series.