Japanese Sogara Yuzen Textile Print of Festival Procession. Narrative print featuring a bustling festival procession of numerous miniature figures, ornate floats, and a bridge, all set against a background sprinkled with cherry blossoms. Framed.

Overall Size: 32 x 44 1/4 in.
Sight Size: 26 x 38 in.

Sōgara Yūzen is a traditional Japanese textile dyeing technique distinguished by its use of finely cut stencils to create repeating, intricately detailed patterns across silk, most often for kimono. Unlike hand-painted yūzen, which emphasizes freeform pictorial scenes, sōgara yūzen achieves precision and rhythm, layering delicate motifs—floral sprays, geometric forms, seasonal symbols—through carefully aligned stencil applications and resist dyeing. The result is a surface that appears richly complex yet controlled, blending the elegance of yūzen’s colorwork with the quiet sophistication of patterned repetition. Historically associated with refined urban taste, sōgara yūzen reflects an aesthetic of restraint, craftsmanship, and harmony between design and fabric.

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