Amou Pass (天生峠) depicts the high mountain crossing in Gifu Prefecture that connects the Shirakawa-gō valley to the Hida region. Katsuda's serigraph likely renders the pass in one of its seasonal extremes—dense summer forest or deep winter snow—using the flat, layered color fields that silkscreen allows. The medium suits mountain landscape: discrete tonal bands can suggest atmospheric recession without the blurred gradients of woodblock [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi). Amou Pass is known for its beech forests and wetland flora, which may appear as abstracted masses of green or ochre against a pale sky. The numbered series format suggests this is one of many landscape studies Katsuda made across Japan's rural interior.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Amou Pass (天生峠) was created by Yukio Katsuda (勝田幸男).
Amou Pass uses Silkscreen, on silkscreen (serigraph).
Amou Pass depicts landscapes.
