Beach
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Image courtesy of
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Description
Sekino's beach prints draw on his experience of the northern Japanese coastline, particularly the Sea of Japan shores near his Aomori home. Rather than the pastoral warmth of southern beach subjects, a Tohoku beach composition in his hands would convey spatial austerity — a pale sky meeting flat water, perhaps a single boat or figure providing scale. Bokashi-style gradation along the horizon would be typical, though Sekino often subverted this shin-hanga convention by keeping his color fields harder-edged. The washi ground contributes a slight texture that softens what would otherwise be purely graphic surfaces. The composition likely prioritizes the geometric relationships between sky, sand, and water over descriptive detail.
More Prints by Jun'ichiro Sekino
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1940
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
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Color woodblock print; oban
Pacific Ocean, Awa Province (Boshu Taikai), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
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Color woodblock print; oban
Pine Beach at Miho (Miho no Matsubara), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Beach was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Beach depicts seascapes.