About This Print

The Kyoto Prints

Kyotohas been the predominant theme of Takahashi's work.  Kyoto, eithernamed or referenced in the print title, appears in a total ofsixty-three of the artists prints, spanning almost his entire career.

Source: 44 Modern Japanese Print Artists, Gaston Petit, Kodansha International Ltd., 1973, p. 148-149.
"Kyoto,former capital of Japan, is the focus of Takahashi's artisticinspiration, a city to which this artist remains profoundlyattached.... Despite its size, it has an intimacy, an accessible charmto which Takahashi has yielded completely."

In discussing this print, Kyoto's Voice, Petit states, "Simplicity is a keynote in Takahashi's works, yet it, too, conveys more than a mere freedom from complexity or an absence of pretentiousness.  One could even go so far as to describe it as the unity of that which has no form.  The lightly embossed print shown here speaks of Zen gardens under snow, glittering in the void.  It is a distillation of the spirit of Kyoto, whose restraint and elegance are epitomized in its gardens."