Japanese sosaku hanga “kappa-ban” (stencil print) by Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996) titled “Nativity,” depicting the three shepherds caring for Jesus in a manger set against a white background. Posthumous edition. Black ink stamped signature, red seal, and 1992 date at the lower margin. Visible paper size about 14”V x 11”H (frame: 20 1/2”V x 16”H). In the original Kato Gallery wood frame with white mat. Appears to be in very good overall condition. Sadao Watanabe used traditional Japanese folk-art techniques and a limited palette of natural pigments to depict Christian themes. From the private Tucson, Arizona collection of a former American expatriate to Japan for 30 years,