Sadao Watanabe Japanese Signed Framed Katazome Biblical Art 1965

Sadao Watanabe biblical art print.
Signed and dated 1965 at lower right.
Numbered 2/150 at lower left.

Wood Frame measures: 28.5 x 33.5 x .75"
Unframed measures: 19 x 22"

Sadao Watanabe, (1913-1996) was a Japanese artist best known for his prints that meld biblical imagery with the traditional Japanese folk art known as mingei. Watanabe's work portrays the Christian gospel with a distinctive use of crumpled wet paper mixed with mineral pigments suspended in soy milk, known as katazome. 



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