Sawa Sekkyō

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

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sawa.

Sawa Sekkyō (沢 雪喬, 沢 雪崎, or 沢 雪橋)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 (aizuri-e).

Gallery

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  White Falcon in a pine tree. Woodblock print, 13.5 x 7.75 in.

References

• Lane, Richard. (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192114471; OCLC 5246796
• Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei. ISBN 9789074822657; OCLC 61666175
• Roberts, Laurance P. (1976). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. New York: Weatherhill. ISBN 9780834801134; OCLC 2005932
• Stewart, Basil, A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter, New York, Dover Publications, 1979, 359.