Sawa Sekkyō

White Falcon in a pine tree, woodblock print by Sawa Sekkyō, 13.5 x 7.75 inches

Sawa Sekkyō was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was originally a pupil of Tsutsumi Tōrin, a painter of the Kanō school, but left the school and became an independent ukiyo-e artist. Sekkyō is best known for his landscapes and bird and animal studies, the latter often printed entirely in black or blue ink.

Signature

Examples of Sawa Sekkyō's signature, both reading “Sekkyō ga”

Sekkyō used an obsolete kanji in his name that cannot be reproduced by modern electronic media. Therefore, his name may be written in Japanese as 沢 雪喬, 沢 雪崎, or 沢 雪橋.

References

• Lane, Richard. (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0192114476/13-ISBN 9780192114471; OCLC 5246796
• Newland, Amy Reigle, The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, 2005, Vol. 2, 484, 581.
• Roberts, Laurance P., A Dictionary of Japanese Artists, Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1976, 141-2.
• Stewart, Basil, A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter, New York, Dover Publications, 1979, 359.