Chigusa (A Thousand Grasses).

Kamisaka Sekka

Chigusa (A Thousand Grasses).

Kyoto:

Unsodo

1899

Born to a samurai family in Kyoto, Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) is an important and influential Japanese artist of the early 20th century. Printed originally in subscription editions of three prints, Chigusa is Sekka’s first major work. Crossing the boundaries of art and craft, landscape, still-life, and genre, it is a masterpiece of the printer’s art, using techniques—including embossing, overprinting, metallic powders and thickly applied pigments—to achieve texture, depth and painterly effects. 

From the Collection of Lisa Pevtzow