What are things Sea and River? I am amazed by how Japan’s relationship to landscape and nature turn up in katagami. Incidental observations become iconic and evolve with multiple iterations. Look at the s-curve of bank meeting river or the undulating line of sea meeting cove. Reversing-ground stencils turn rendering a landscape into a textile strategy. That line of inlets where water meets shore becomes a diagonal stripe when the print is repeated along a bolt of cloth. Waterside grasses on land are softened with the marks of turbulence. Maple leaves wash into streams. Peonies are set against shorelines with the flower writ large as the landscape falls to distant background. Turtles always have a splash of water behind them, marking escape from human observation. Plover scatter on beaches as a symbol of winter isolation. Mist and ocean waves are depicted both in natural observation and as referenced through a patterned symbol. Additional examples can be found in the catalog by searching keywords;  koi, fish, sea, waves, ocean, plover, cranes, ducks, rivers, and streams as well as the plants and animals that live there.

Koi and Pine in Stream
[#19018] Koi and Pine in Stream
Fishermen Floating on River
[#30031] Fishermen Floating on River
Maple Leaves in River
[#11006] Maple Leaves in River
River and Pilings
[#19026] River and Pilings
Fine Vine in Fine Mist
[#1005] Fine Vine in Fine Mist
Scenes in Circles in Mist
[#2009] Scenes in Circles in Mist
Peonies over Stylized Mist
[#23001] Peonies over Stylized Mist
Cherry Blossom in Field
[#11015] Cherry Blossom in Field
Ducks on Water
[#29008] Ducks on Water
Waterbirds Floating on Reversing Bands like Water
[#41013] Waterbirds Floating on Reversing Bands like Water
Plaid Plover on Stylized Water
[#31040] Plaid Plover on Stylized Water
Diving Turtles
[#30022] Diving Turtles
Iris over Stripes like Stream
[#27025] Iris over Stripes like Stream
Bands of Stylized Ocean Waves
[#40017] Bands of Stylized Ocean Waves
Iris on Stream Plaid and Stripe
[#1012] Iris on Stream Plaid and Stripe
Bamboo at Stream
[#29007] Bamboo at Stream
Maple Leaves in Stream
[#42002] Maple Leaves in Stream
Graphic Peony over Stylized Stream or Mist
[#1003] Graphic Peony over Stylized Stream or Mist
Cranes on Fans in Willow
[#52051] Cranes on Fans in Willow
Sea Wave or Waterfall
[#52095] Sea Wave or Waterfall
Stylized Wave
[#16025] Stylized Wave
Stylized Wave
[#52001] Stylized Wave