No. 129 - Evening Scene of Sagano
嵯峨野の夕景
嵯峨野の夕景
Sagano (嵯峨野) is the bamboo grove and temple district on the western edge of Kyoto, historically associated with poetic melancholy and the imagery of rustling grasses at dusk. Katsuda's silkscreen captures the evening mood—likely rendered in deep indigo, purple, and warm amber tones that describe the transition from daylight to night. The serigraph medium allows flat color blocking suited to depicting bamboo silhouettes against a graduated sky. Sagano has been a subject in Japanese printmaking since the Edo period; Katsuda's work situates itself within that [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) tradition while employing the graphic precision of modern silkscreen rather than woodblock.
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.
No. 129 - Evening Scene of Sagano (嵯峨野の夕景) was created by Yukio Katsuda (勝田幸男).
No. 129 - Evening Scene of Sagano uses Silkscreen, on silkscreen (serigraph).
No. 129 - Evening Scene of Sagano depicts landscapes and night scenes.
