A Lattice Door
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A study in architectural detail — the latticed wooden door that controlled access and light in traditional Japanese domestic and commercial buildings — treated here as an object of formal interest in its own right. The koshi (lattice) door's geometric pattern of crossing wooden strips creates a grid that Sekino's woodblock technique can replicate with precision, the negative spaces between the strips as important as the wood itself.
More Prints by Jun'ichiro Sekino
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
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The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Lattice Door was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
A Lattice Door depicts snow scenes, architecture, and interiors.