Authentication Seal by Chosuke Serizawa
Frame：69cm×50cm
This kataezome (stencil-dyed) work, Legend of Kamo, was created by Keisuke SERIZAWA, a Living National Treasure renowned for his mastery of dyeing arts. The design, rendered entirely in a refined indigo tone, is set within a gourd-shaped frame and depicts the flowing Kamo River, surrounding mountains, and the scene of Princess Tamayorihime performing a purification ritual.
According to the ancient Legend of Kamo—recorded in the Yamashiro no Kuni Fudoki—Tamayorihime, daughter of Kamo Tatekakushi no Mikoto, encountered a vermilion-painted arrow drifting down the river during her ritual bathing. Bringing it home, she placed it by her bedside and miraculously conceived the deity Kamo Wakeikazuchi no Ōkami, the divine progenitor of the Kamo Shrines in Kyoto.
The piece bears the artist’s seal along with an authentication seal by Chosuke Serizawa.
Frame dimensions: 69 cm (H) × 50 cm (W). A gold-tone mat and red-edged frame lend further elegance to this distinguished work.
Keisuke SERIZAWA
1895 – 1984
He was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government for his katazome stencil dyeing technique. A leading member of the mingei movement founded by Yanagi Sōetsu, Serizawa visited Okinawa several times and learned the Ryūkyū bingata techniques of dyeing. His folk-art productions included kimono, paper prints, wall scrolls, folding screens, curtains, fans, and calendars. In 1981, the Municipal Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum was opened in the city of Shizuoka. Other museums that hold his work include the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Harvard Art Museums, the Seattle Art Museum, the British Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the Museum of New Zealand.
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