A Girl and Her Swan (Artist's daughter, Ayuko)

A companion to the "Boy and His Rooster" series, this print substitutes Sekino's daughter Ayuko for his son Jumpei and a swan for the usual rooster, achieving a different emotional register entirely. Where the rooster images carry a kind of strutting energy, the swan introduces grace and perhaps melancholy — the bird's long neck curving with a gentleness that mirrors the child's own vulnerability. The parenthetical subtitle confirms this as another portrait of the artist's family.