$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
The Akasaka district of Tokyo — specifically associated in this print with the Japanese folk motif of lovesick cats whose nighttime yowling disturbed residents throughout the urban neighborhoods where the animals congregated. Sekino's cats-in-the-city subjects combine his affection for the animal with the urban observation of his Tokyo landscape prints, the cats providing an ironic counterpoint to the neighborhood's more refined associations.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Akasaka: Lovesick cats was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Akasaka: Lovesick cats depicts urban scenes, animals, and cats.
