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Kamisaka Sekka — White Heron
Kamisaka Sekka — White Heron
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A heron at night, in four flat colours — modern a century before modern.
About the print
From Momoyogusa ("Flowers of a Hundred Worlds"), Kamisaka Sekka's woodblock masterpiece of the Rimpa revival. Sekka built his images from flat, bordered planes — a black lattice wing, a slab of night water, a band of reeds, the white bird and its moon. It is design thinking a hundred years early, and it separates into flat screens with no compromise: four spot inks, zero gradients. The taupe shirt is the sky.
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About the artist
Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942) was the last great master of the Rimpa school and, in many ways, the first modern Japanese designer — he pulled a 300-year tradition into the 20th century with a boldness that still reads as contemporary. Momoyogusa (1909–1910) is his best-known work.
Kamisaka Sekka · Momoyogusa · Shirosagi (White Heron), 1909–10 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1988.23.1.19 · Public domain (CC0)
Founders Edition · our launch price. $49 after the first edition.
Care — Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not iron directly on the print.
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Sustainably made, ethically certified.
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