Gyotaku – Fish prints

Event Caslano

Overview

  • Date

    29. March - 08. November 2026

    Sun, Tue, Thu 14:00 - 17:00

  • Contact

    Museo della Pesca
    Via Meriggi 32
    6987 Caslano
    Phone  +41 (0)91 606 63 63
    museodellapesca.ch

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Intro

Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese printing technique, originally developed to document fish catches.

Using cuttlefish ink or a pigment made from charcoal powder, the most impressive specimens were imprinted onto washi paper, making it possible to identify the species with precision and, above all, to record their size. Because, as we all know, exaggerating the size is a temptation that is hard to resist…

Over time, the technique has evolved into a true art form, brought to its pinnacle by masters such as Masatzu Matzunaga and Ryuzabuto Takao.

Elena Di Capita was the first artist to bring gyotaku techniques to Italy, reinterpreting them with the fish of her homeland, Liguria. Starting from a more traditional printing style, she began experimenting with anchovies, creating swirls, spirals and spheres of considerable size, capable of conveying, in a striking way, the sense of energy and movement of schools of fish immersed in the depths of the sea. Her superimpositions of fish species and botanical elements – orchids, strelitzias, ginkgo flowers – realistically express all the beauty contained within the natural world.

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Museo della pesca

Caslano
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Location Via Meriggi 32
6987 Caslano
Switzerland
Event Homepage https://www.museodellapesca.ch/
Price
Adulti: 5.- 6-17 anni, AVS: 3.-
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Event dates

  • 14 May 2026
  • 17 May 2026
  • 19 May 2026
  • 21 May 2026
  • 24 May 2026
  • 26 May 2026
  • 28 May 2026
  • 31 May 2026
  • 02 June 2026
  • 04 June 2026
  • 07 June 2026
  • 09 June 2026
  • 11 June 2026
  • 14 June 2026
  • 16 June 2026
  • 18 June 2026
  • 21 June 2026
  • 23 June 2026
  • 25 June 2026
  • 28 June 2026
  • 30 June 2026
  • 02 July 2026
  • 05 July 2026
  • 07 July 2026
  • 09 July 2026
  • 12 July 2026
  • 14 July 2026
  • 16 July 2026
  • 19 July 2026
  • 21 July 2026
  • 23 July 2026
  • 26 July 2026
  • 28 July 2026
  • 30 July 2026
  • 02 August 2026
  • 04 August 2026
  • 06 August 2026
  • 09 August 2026
  • 11 August 2026
  • 13 August 2026
  • 16 August 2026
  • 18 August 2026
  • 20 August 2026
  • 23 August 2026
  • 25 August 2026
  • 27 August 2026
  • 30 August 2026
  • 01 September 2026
  • 03 September 2026
  • 06 September 2026
  • 08 September 2026
  • 10 September 2026
  • 13 September 2026
  • 15 September 2026
  • 17 September 2026
  • 20 September 2026
  • 22 September 2026
  • 24 September 2026
  • 27 September 2026
  • 29 September 2026
  • 01 October 2026
  • 04 October 2026
  • 06 October 2026
  • 08 October 2026
  • 11 October 2026
  • 13 October 2026
  • 15 October 2026
  • 18 October 2026
  • 20 October 2026
  • 22 October 2026
  • 25 October 2026
  • 27 October 2026
  • 29 October 2026
  • 01 November 2026
  • 03 November 2026
  • 05 November 2026
  • 08 November 2026

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Contact

Museo della Pesca
Via Meriggi 32
6987  Caslano
Switzerland

Phone  +41 (0)91 606 63 63
Fax +41 (0)91 606 66 58
museopesca@bluewin.ch
museodellapesca.ch

Date

29. March - 08. November 2026

Sun, Tue, Thu 14:00 - 17:00

Contact

Museo della Pesca
Via Meriggi 32
6987 Caslano
Phone  +41 (0)91 606 63 63
museodellapesca.ch

Check Availability

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