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You see art prints by Yuichiro Kato for the first time and you are amazed. You see mesmerizing images that your soul attributes to some kind of romantic Japan. The pictures look like alienated photographs. And some other images remind you of nearly abstract color compositions. This article introduces the artist behind these awesome art prints and lets you know a few of his technical "secrets".

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About Yuichiro Kato

Yuichiro Kato is a typical, proud citizen of Kyoto, the old residence of the Japanese emperors until 1868. He was born in 1926 in Kyoto and studied at Kyoto Second Commercial School.

In the beginning of his career Yuichiro Kato worked as a professional photographer. In 1972 he began to create art prints in silkscreen technique. Yuichiro Kato combines photography and artistic printing techniques.

The artist has regular one man print shows in Japan since the 1970s. He lectured at Aichi Educational University and at Kyoto News Paper K.C.A..

Silkscreen Prints by Yuichiro Kato

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Silkscreen Printing
Tea House, 1977
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Yuichiro Kato creates his astonishing images in silkscreen technique. Other terms for silkscreen are serigraph or stencil. In silkscreen printing a stencil is used. Only the areas which are to be printed are left open, all others must be blocked somehow. Then ink is squeezed through the open parts of the stencil and form the image on the paper below.

But Yuichiro Kato's prints look like photographs? How is that possible? You are right, and there is an answer. Stencils can be made by hand. But the most common method today is a photomechanical transfer. It is a somewhat complicated technical process. You find a detailed explanation in our article about silkscreen printing.

Father and Son

Yuichiro Kato has a son, Hideaki Kato who works in the same technique as his father. But their styles are slightly different. His son's art prints are more realistic, while Yuichiro's works are often transformed into artistic images that sometimes remind us of abstract color compositions.

Gallery of Prints by Hideaki Kato

Yuichiro's art prints are self-published or published by Uchida in Kyoto. They come as limited editions. Due to their great popularity the edition sizes are rather large, typically from 200 to 300. They are signed and numbered and titled by the artist. Some are dated, some are not. All are printed on a thick, laid paper of high quality.

Dieter Wanczura
(September 2009)

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Hideaki Kato - Biography
Tsuku Bai in Kiyomizu, 1978
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Yoshiaki Kita - Silkscreen Prints
Japanese Living Room
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Ikegami Souho - Biography
Image of Kyoto, 1983
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Fumio Tomita - Biography
Composition of Garden, 1989
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Noh Theater
Noh Play
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Teruhide Kato - Biography
Bogyaku Garden
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