No. 129 - Evening Scene of Sagano
嵯峨野の夕景
- Medium:
- Silkscreen (serigraph)
- Image courtesy of
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
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 tradition while employing the graphic precision of modern silkscreen rather than woodblock.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.