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The Kyoto Prints

Kyoto has been the predominant theme of Takahashi's work.  Kyoto, either named or referenced in the print title, appears in a total of sixty-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 artistic inspiration, a city to which this artist remains profoundly attached.... Despite its size, it has an intimacy, an accessible charm to 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."

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